From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 24 0:53:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196A237B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:53:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE4943E65 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:53:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 45B0772FCC; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4483A72FC5; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:50:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Pete French Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro EN booting problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020924004857.N72880-100000@carver.gumbysoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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