From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 19:44:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E73016A418 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao.barros@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8135A13C458 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao.barros@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so783980nfb for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:44:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=J3oojN3l/LgzruIe97RtWbzgRwWwboQXq2hG3F5sMRm6CY44PBT94bf4AYbqA7Ghz83uhwkNX/bInW8GCwm48RV62R4tJz59UaeTnLUcK+ZInv+uNDBKuokIYxehzyjBGV3l+NBD0SedoV0f4lUlCtrlMM3K9cXx1AzAjKuyxLM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jzwKNV8gzxUPREB0fG710s8tQcSLadm7PJGae+jyiwR+PSLdswyU0629X7GEhTlMmzH+oLhJUH0C4hI0hvzcbT865GHVRAO19P8edkGctVt4+KgdWG2rOkqadOIEVEgd3Y9CEDoTAmKC1P21Js4I0OdrWH0sXhv8578hjo8aqo4= Received: by 10.78.165.16 with SMTP id n16mr2184686hue.1187983142860; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.187.16 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70e8236f0708241219i48fe8591se870e724cfd91d62@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:19:02 +0100 From: "Joao Barros" To: "lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:44:34 -0000 On 8/24/07, 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: 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