From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 23 17:55:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA03475 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA03435 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:54:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by relay.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA112566492; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:54:53 -0700 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA159736491; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:54:52 -0700 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA202296491; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:54:51 -0700 Message-Id: <199609240054.AA202296491@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: Bill Fenner Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very disturbing boot block problems.. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 1996 16:24:17 PDT." <96Sep23.162421pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:54:50 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 40960 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 34*) This should work (unless you have a really funky BIOS geometry, which is extremely unlikely -- what kind of system do you have?). When was the last time you did an fsck on the root partition (however, note that fsck is known to not fix all problems; some people have had to wipe the disk clean and restore)? -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.