From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 9:18:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1295137B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:18:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A80843F93 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:18:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18j0X0-000FJC-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:18:46 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 8E0CDC849 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:18:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 8FA281A15 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:18:35 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id C20B3225F9; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:18:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:18:35 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: cannot boot from a SCSI disk Message-ID: <20030212171835.GA2755@raggedclown.net> References: <20030212150431.GC81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030212150431.GC81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:04:31PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a problem with getting one system boot from a SCSI disk. > > The system was installed on an IDE disk, and then dump|restored to the > SCSI one. I used /stand/sysinstall's fdisk to mark the slice bootable, > and install the standard MBR, but all I got was "Missing operating > system". If I install booteasy, it shows the menu, but doesn't boot from > the SCSI disk. > > I've since then tried many different things, but since this area is a > bit Greek to me, I'm not sure what's wrong. > > The disk (or the data on it) is fine: I have the box booted off of an > IDE disk, with all filesystems, including /, mounted from the SCSI one. > It just doesn't want to boot. It doesn't even get to the > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > prompt. > > I've realized I don't have a fscking idea about how booting works, > especially in FreeBSD. Pretty embarrasing. :( > Mmm..a shot in the dark, have you enabled booting from SCSI device in your BIOS ? -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message