Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:50:21 +0100 From: Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Belay that Order! [WAS: Problems getting 3.3-Release onto a HP Netserver LC 3] Message-ID: <3804D46D.3C62B6D9@csl.com> References: <3804D182.9B789566@csl.com>
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I should have gone home, but instead I did one more (obvious) thing, namely I marked the da0s1 slice as _bootable_, and again chose to leave the MBR untouched. I had to newfs my /tmp and /var partitions again, but that was because I hadn't newfs'd them during the last install to save time. Cheers, Adam. Adam Nealis wrote: > > I have the Netserver with > > 1 ATAPI CDROM > 3 x 9GB disks in the hot-swap tray > - one of these to be the system disk. > Adaptec 7880 w' SCSI BIOS 1.34S1 > > Suspecting nothing, I initially booted from the CD-ROM > and did an install. On coming back up for the first time > I got the dreaded "Read error", telling me there was a > problem reading the boot sector. > > I've been to http://www.uk.freebsd.org/search/search.html > and searched the FAQ and handbook for > > HP AND Netserver > > which turned up > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html > > reading these, I ended up at > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#DEDICATE > > But I thought I hit pay dirt when I came across > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1642806+1645868+/usr/local/www/db/text/1999/freebsd-questions/19990321.freebsd-questions > > According to this I install the HP utility partition, then > install BSD without changing the boot sector. I did these > steps, taking care that my old / was fsck'd. > > That is, I chose the "leave MBR untouched" option while > doing the disk laying out. This time, on reboot I got: > > UP12: missing partition boot sector. > > At which point I decided to mail the list 8). > > Has anyone any idea what is (not) going on here? > > Many thanks, > Adam. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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