Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:30:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 install failure: booting from fd0, not sd0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960826183011.219B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608260933.LAA08780@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Guido van Rooij wrote: > I've installed 2.1.5 on a DEC Celebris XL 5133 and it fails: > The installation itsself went OK. But when booting the new system, > it tries to boot off the floppy drive. When I manually enter > sd(0,a)kernel as the device to boot from, it does boot however. > The disk is a Quantum Fireball SCSI disk hanging on a NCR controller. How odd. Sounds like the boot blocks are completely confused as to the boot device. You are booting from the _hard disk_ and not the install floppy, are you? You may need to rewrite the bootblocks using disklabel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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