Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:50:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro EN booting problem Message-ID: <20020924004857.N72880-100000@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <E17tQv4-0006ZU-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Pete French wrote: > > It means it wasn't able to boot the partition since it couldn't find it. > > That usually occurs when the geometry changes to a layout that is not > > compatible with the BIOS. > > The BIOS on the RAID card on the one on the machine ? I am curious as I > didnt think I had changed the layout much - indeed the location of > the partition I am trying to boot (the BSD one) hasnt changed at all. The system BIOS, or whatever handles Int13 boot stuff on your system. > PS: One other wierdness - doing a fresh install from the 4.6.2 CD gave me > a few ssetups where booting complained about a mismatch between the > sizeof the disc lable and the raw partition. I did not thinkthat it was > possible to create an illegal disc layout from sysinstall ? Depends on how you make it. I think you can make stressed labels that emit the warning but otherwise operate fine. Sticking to the auto defaults or shouldn't get you a message. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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