Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:59:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Dean Patterson <psamuel01@yahoo.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Installation error Intel mobile ICH6M SATA controller. Message-ID: <20050903055903.19843.qmail@web33501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01c5b021$7a812320$642a15ac@SMILEY>
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I am sorry I should have mentioned that I also tried explicitly setting the slice active. I will try again and check it using the shell; however, when I tried using the holographic shell nothing worked. I tried using fdisk, bsdlabel, and ls and I always get the message "command not found." --- Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org> wrote: > From: Dean Patterson > > > > PLEASE save me from LINUX!! I can install FBSD on > a > > Dell D610 laptop just fine, but when I reboot it > does > > not recognize the drive/controller. When I > install > > the boot loader I am presented with the F1 option > and > > when pressed I get "invalid slice." When I > install a > > standard MBR I get "invalid partition table." Any > > fixes or patches? I enjoy Gentoo, but I REALLY > MISS > > FREEBSD!! > > Run the fix-it shell and check which slices are > marked active using > fdisk. I don't know what the boot loader would do, > but the standard MBR > will tell you the partition table isn't valid if > there are no active > slices. I've run into this issue where sysinstall > doesn't automatically > mark the FreeBSD root slice active and doesn't warn > you about having to > explicitly mark slice(s) active during install. > > Tip: In most cases and assuming you not running > something else as well, > your Windows and FreeBSD root slices should be the > only slices marked > active. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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