Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 12:31:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot process Message-ID: <199905251931.MAA00615@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 May 1999 21:05:39 %2B0200." <199905251905.VAA29541@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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> I am having some problems with a machine I recently rebuilt; I suspect > either the drive geometry or something else in the boot process. The > machine has to be booted "manually". > > Situation: I installed FreeBSD 3.1 on a 4G SCSI disk that had had > Current on it before (CURRENT snaps wouldn't boot). At the > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Disk 1 > prompt, the machine just beeps, and does not reboot. (The other > disk is a 2G SCSI) Which disk are you trying to boot from? > Drive geometry is 64 heads, 32 sectors and N(>1024) tracks. The > a partition is the first and it is only 32MB. Disklabel looks > OK. > > If I play around (Hit F5 or space or enter), I get "Invalid partition" > errors. Hitting enter at that stage gets me a Boot: prompt. The only > thing that gets an actial boot is typing 0:da(1,a)/boot/loader. Then > both disks are visible and fine. Both disks have had fdisk -b and > disklabel -B done to them. > > Any clues? Sounds like the layout of the first disk is not compatible with your BIOS. What's the slice scheme look like? -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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