From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 18 8:13:15 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 08:13:13 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.clones.com (unknown [216.70.178.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B062F37B402 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:13:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (gross@localhost) by mail.clones.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA18179; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:14:15 -0800 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:14:15 -0800 (PST) From: Glendon Gross To: stanb@panix.com Cc: FreeBSD Stable List Subject: Re: HP Vectra 5/90 hard disk boot disaster continues! In-Reply-To: <200012172218.RAA18955@panix3.panix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This really might be an issue of the BIOS not liking DD mode. Maybe it's a case where the HP BIOS "expects" a valid partition table, and croaks when it doesn't find one. In that case, it is certainly worth trying to make a "true partition entry" to see if that fixes the problem. If it does, then I suppose this incident demonstrates why there is such a push to remove DD mode from sysinstall. On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 stanb@panix.com wrote: > This is fast aproaching ridiculous! > > This bloody &$#@$$#!! machine just doesn't want to run FreeBSD. > > Found a CD (a second one BTW the machine would see, but not read the first > one!) installed it, and created boot floppies from my 4.0 CD set. > > Booted off the CD's choose "Install Boot Manager", chose FreeBSD boot > manager, and it STILL boots up to the "F1 FreeBSD" prompt, and will only > rewatd me with angry beeps no matter what I do there. > > Several things are wort mentioning here. > > 1. This is one of 4 almost identical HP ectra's, the others are VL5/75's > with an earlier BIS., they all work fine. > > 2. This machien boots fine from a hard disk wiht NT on it. > > 3. I normally use "Dangerouslt Dedicated", so I may be doing something > stupid here. > > 4. The BISO on this machine has WAY TO MANY choices related to hard disk > options for me to be certain I have them correct. > > 5. This is the begining of the third week of the fight to install FreebSD > on this machine! > > HELP PLEAS!!!! > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@panix.com 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC > -- > "Be careful not to step > in the Microsoft." -- John Denker > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message