Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 06:54:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> Cc: Steve Marmer <ids@interlog.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic mounting root Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960805064728.2354A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3205E7D1.61C@ime.net>
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On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > Steve Marmer wrote: > > > > I get a panic on boot, after all the hardware stuff, about the inability > > to mount root. > > > > Hardware: 4G Quantum Atlas FastWide Scsi-2 > > AHA1542CF FAST SCSI-2 > > (using a 6?-50 pin adapter) > > > > I have enabled the AHA1542 option "Translate Drives >1G". Since newfs > > worked I assume the problems with this have been fixed. My disk starts > > with a 950Meg DOS partition (slice). The next "slice" is 1G FreeBSD. > > I've been pretty careful ensuring the root part'n is fully below the > > magic 1G boundary. Have I not been careful enough? Could something else > > be the problem? > > > > Thanks for any and all help... > > Not to start a war! I know some dissagree! > > But bootable partitions *must* be under cylinder 1024. (504M) > This is a limitation of the PC System BIOS boot code! I think this refers only to IDE/EIDE drives. I have a 2.1G Conner fast scsi 2 installed as a second hard drive on an Adaptec 1542CF, and FreeBSD is running in the *last* 660 mb. on that drive (booting from the OS/2 boot manager). Annelise > > -Enjoy > Gary > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours > The Borg... Where minds meet > (207) 929-3848 >
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