Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:16:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Brad Waite <brad@ssbaptist.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Boot Problems Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005191014010.4839-100000@hobbes> In-Reply-To: <20000519230505.GGNG22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 19-May-00 Brad Waite wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Finally got 4.0 installed on my 40G (apparently was a cable problem). Now it > > doesn't want to boot. I used fdisk to set slice a bootable, but it can't seem > > to find what it needs: > > Hmm, it looks like your / file system may not be below the 1024 cylinder > limit, which is about equal to 8.4 gig with LBA enabled. / is on ad0s1a which is defined 3652M, well below the 1024 boundary. I'm at a loss. When I use DOS's 'fdisk /mbr', I can't even get the FBSD boot prompt. I'm now trying to reinstall on a different drive, but I'm now having problems extracting stuff from the CD. > > No /boot/loader > > > >>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > > boot: > > No /kernel > > > > Where's my problem? Could it be a problem with my ad0s1a being 3652M? > > > > I've installed dozens of FBSD's before, but I feel pretty sheepish on this one. > > > > -Brad > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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