Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:05:16 -0700 (PDT) From: <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> To: dalroi@wit401310.student.utwente.nl, rnordier@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/11926: Boot manager only beeps at selecting bootable FreeBSD-partition Message-ID: <199906282005.NAA45370@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: Boot manager only beeps at selecting bootable FreeBSD-partition
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: rnordier
State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 28 12:48:35 PDT 1999
State-Changed-Why:
A beep when selecting a partition indicates one of two problems:
o There was an error reading the first-level bootstrap: either
due to a media error (very unlikely in the case of a hard drive),
or because the sector is above cylinder 1023
o Although the sector was read without error, there is no magic
number indicating that the sector is bootable: almost certainly
because the partition table entry was created with the wrong
geometry
If this is still an issue, it may be worth re-installing FreeBSD, and
paying particular attention to the geometry used (which may be set in
the installtion program, sysinstall). However, you're welcome to send
along a copy of your master boot record, if you can't get things
working, and we can verify what the problem is.
--
Robert Nordier
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