From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 15 02:31:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA10908 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:31:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lizard.numard.com.ar (dialin113.telstra.rpi.net.au [203.41.12.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA10774 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 02:31:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from numard@numard.com.ar) Received: from lizard.numard.com.ar (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lizard.numard.com.ar (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA00855 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:33:08 +1100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-RealName: Norberto Meijome Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:33:08 +1100 (EST) Reply-To: numard@numard.com.ar Organization: 0xCode From: Numard To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Read error @ boot time Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ( please, CC to me 'cos i'm not in the list). hi! i installed FreeBSD 2.2.7, no problems @ all, from a CD i made from the FTP (almost everything). when i want to boot from the HD, it reads the HD for less than a sec, and it gives me "Read Error" and dies there. everything goes ok if i boot from floppy, using 0:wd(0,a)kernel (being kernel either the original one or my new recompiled one)... what could be the problem? i've changed the HD geom. from CHS to LBA to Large (not from the bios, but from fdisk), exactly the same result... TIA!!! --- Norberto Meijome (a) Numard - PGP public key: pgp-numy@numard.com.ar Think sideways! -- Ed De Bono To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message