From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 18 8:55: 6 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 08:55:03 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E6337B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:55:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id eBIGshK71129; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:54:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fledge.watson.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:54:43 -0500 (EST) From: Doug Denault X-Sender: doug@fledge.watson.org To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 Boot. Should i report a bug? In-Reply-To: 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 issue was discussed in detail on the questions list. Look for "Missing operating system" issue" in the title and then branch out from there. I regularly have similar problems with some old Dell laptops. My memory of some of the discussions is that older BIOS's can cause this (don't remember why). There is a utility to rewrite the boot record which I am looking for now. If anyone knows, I would love a pointer. Otherwise I will post when I find it. On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello, > Well I have posted a few times, and a few other people have as well, > but so far no solution is forthcoming to the following: > > I have a Tulip Pentium 90 test machine. > I have installed bootable versions of various Linux'es and > BSD 4.0 on it many times without any problem. > > I have tried every which way to install 4.2 and to have it use > the FBSD boot manager .. totally without success. This included > installing boot "by hand" using bootcfg. I have tried DD, and without > DD. > > Note.. > - I can boot it via the CDROm and by selecting the kernel on the HD > - I can boot it if I tell the installation program to use the MBR > - I can boot it via LILO > - I can boot it if I install grub. > > But it simply does not want to work with the standard boot mechanism. > > Is this a bug ? > I can supply precise details of m/c configuration if required. > > thanks > Cliff > > > > > > 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