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Date:      Fri, 02 Apr 1999 04:50:02 +0200
From:      Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>
To:        Tom Kyle <tk@umsl.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't boot to partition on 10.2gig drive
Message-ID:  <3704305A.BAC1F9FD@eboa.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904011430070.10933-100000@foundation.umsl.edu>

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Tom Kyle wrote:
> 
> I recently upgrade from FreeBSD 2.2.6 to 3.1 with a cd from CheapBytes.
> The drive I installed it to is a Quantum 10.2, and is the secondary IDE
> slave.  The partition in particular is wd3sc1. The install went through as
> expected, however, I am unable to boot to the FreeBSD partition on my
> drive.

Have you made sure the BIOS uses LBA for that drive? Otherwise it won't
boot from drives >1024 cylinders. Since FreeBSD uses a single
partition...

Roelof

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