Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:29:11 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Karan Gupta <kgupta@edgefocus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant locate system disk Message-ID: <62D2AA8D-FD7D-4CEA-A6EA-D9732BA518BC@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4294F533.3040502@edgefocus.com> References: <200505251904.21356.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> <4294F533.3040502@edgefocus.com>
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On May 25, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Karan Gupta wrote: > Im trying to install fBSD 5.4 onto a Maxtor N256 10GB hdd. I have > the hdd hooked up as a primary master, the cdrom as secondary > master. The cdrom is the 1st boot device & the hdd the second. When > I put in the fBSD firstdisk.iso into the CD, it finds the > hdd...installs the boot manager, partitions it & installs to the > point where it says "Congratulations". It asks me to enter some > config info. Everything looks good so far. > > When I remove the cdrom and boot from the hdd i get " system disk > boot failure. Insert system drive" > > thoughts? Don't use "dangerously dedicated mode" if you are. Try using an MS- DOS floppy or CD to create a small DOS partition, and double-check whether you can boot to that. Then try installing FreeBSD in the remaining space, and see whether that works better. Tweaking BIOS settings, including LBA mode and/or downgrading from UDMA to PIO may also help. -- -Chuck
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