From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 25 12:34: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C9FA15B55 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 12:33:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00615; Tue, 25 May 1999 12:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199905251931.MAA00615@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mark Murray Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot process In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 May 1999 21:05:39 +0200." <199905251905.VAA29541@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 12:31:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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