From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 27 13:35:33 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEDBB37B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:35:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop.netgate.net (pop.netgate.net [204.145.147.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4AD43FAF for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:35:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ctodd@netgate.net) Received: from rs.netgate.net (rs.netgate.net [204.145.147.55]) by pop.netgate.net (8.8.5/8.8.8-KB.072299) with ESMTP id NAA20566 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:35:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:35:30 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Miller To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Invalid partition error after install (more info) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Upon further investigation I was able to use the default MBR by running the fixit disk and using "disklable -B da0s1". The question is, why must I take this extra step every time I load FBSD on a scsi drive? Regards, Chris On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Chris Miller wrote: > > It seems everytime I install on a scsi disk without the "boot manager" > option (i.e. it's a single OS machine), I cannot boot the system after > install. I have to create a fixit disk and install the boot manager in > order to use the system. I've seen various complaints in the email > archives about boot problems after install, but no definitive explanation > of this specific problem. Am I doing something wrong or is this something > that can be fixed. I've had this problem since I started with 4.5, but I > suspect it's been around longer. > > Regards, > Chris > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message