Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:19:02 +0100 From: "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: "lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca" <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot Message-ID: <70e8236f0708241219i48fe8591se870e724cfd91d62@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY105-F36A7B04E6275D0B851EC3B83D70@phx.gbl> References: <BAY105-F36A7B04E6275D0B851EC3B83D70@phx.gbl>
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On 8/24/07, lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca
<lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have
> downloaded it and burned it three times without success.
>
> I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had
> decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win98SE and would
> like to install FreeBSD 6.2. I downloaded the disc 1 iso image and
> burned it to a disc in Win98. I had to boot from my CDrom to
> reinstall Win98 so I know that my boot priority is correct and that my
> CDrom is working properly. I looked at the burned cd with the
> 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso file on it in FreeBSD 5.4 and everything
> appears to be there, including a folder called 'boot'. But I just
> can't seem to boot from it.
>
> 1. Is there something simple I'm missing?
> 2. Should I just try downloading (it takes four hours) and burning
> more copies again? (I've already done it three times...)
> 3. Is the fact that I'm burning it in Win98 a problem?
> 4. Is there anything I can do in FreeBSD 5.4 to see if the file is
> corrupted?
>
> BTW - I installed FreeBSD 5.4 from discs that I purchased through
> FreeBSD Mall. I thought I would do it from the 6.2-RELEASE
> i386-disc1.iso file on FreeBSD's web site this time.
>
> Any suggestions, advice, or comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
Do you have a Promise controller?
I have to disable my onboard Promise so that I can boot from a FreeBSD CD
My Promise:
atapci0: <Promise PDC20319 SATA150 controller> port
0xb000-0xb03f,0xb400-0xb40f,0xb800-0xb87f mem
0xfc024000-0xfc024fff,0xfc000000-0xfc01ffff irq 23 at device 4.0 on
pci4
atapci0@pci4:4:0: class=0x010400 card=0x80f51043 chip=0x3319105a
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Promise Technology Inc'
device = 'PDC20319(??) FastTrak SATA150 TX4 Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = RAID
--
Joao Barros
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