Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:40:14 +0100 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Message-ID: <4glevs4urqi36tfvkemr1qv4l0rsvnsqag@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E87084650B0@fdntx001> References: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E87084650B0@fdntx001>
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"Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com> wrote: > >In the attempts to use both IDE and SCSI the bootable drive has always been >the IDE. I will try to make it the SCSI on my next install attempt. But I >must note that with no SCSI connected at all I get the same response from >the system. I also still have no way to access the bios because it is >loaded on a partition of the HD which BSD wiped out during the initial >install. I am unable to get any help from Compaq in this respect because I >have yet to determine the exact model# or even what model family it belongs >to. Hopefully the messages from Ross Potts will help. > >I suppose the only real way to test this Bios theory is for me to get >another BM which I have BIOS access to and see if the IDE cards is >supported. Well Greg Lehey seems to think it's supported; see: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=893939+896513+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000 >Well what can you expect for a $20 computer....I am now thinking I might >have been ripped off paying that much for all the trouble this thing has >given me! I'm sure you'll find a good use for it. You don't need much drive space for a little server/firewall. At least you can get it to boot with SCSI only. >> Have you tried just a minimal installation on the SCSI drive? You can >> move /usr /var and /tmp to the IDE drive later. If that doesn't work >> you should be able to boot the HD from a floppy as a last resort. > >I have thought about a floppy solution....but I do not know how to make such >a disk. My space trouble is mainly a /usr situation. All other mounts I >have seen normally wont even begin to stress the 520MB SCSI. Tonight I will >attempt reload and install everything but /usr on the SCSI and use all of >the IDE for /usr. With default all I noted that the /usr takes up all the >extra space not allocated to anything else. So taking the /usr away leave >about 420MB of empty space which I will take into the swap or /tmp or >whatever I guess. There was a thread here recently about booting from floppy. I'm sure you'll find it if necessary. >I believe the onboard IDE is disabled because I get no response with DOS >FDISK program. IT is either disabled or totally incompatible with my ATA66 >HD which should support ATA33 as well. That sounds hopeful. Good luck John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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