From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 9 2:26: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jester.ti.com (jester.ti.com [192.94.94.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA1A37B401 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 02:25:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from dlep6.itg.ti.com ([157.170.188.9]) by jester.ti.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f19APoD10672 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:25:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from dlep6.itg.ti.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dlep6.itg.ti.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA03095 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:25:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from zeus.tidk.ti.com (dags11.tidk.ti.com [137.167.46.11]) by dlep6.itg.ti.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA03003 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:25:41 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 4525 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2001 10:25:35 -0000 Received: from atlwks09.tidk.ti.com (HELO ti.com) (137.167.46.34) by dags11.tidk.ti.com with SMTP; 9 Feb 2001 10:25:35 -0000 Message-ID: <3A83C599.FAAFA024@ti.com> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:25:29 +0100 From: Arne Norre Ekstroem X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems booting 4.1 on 45G drive Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, This question has also been posted on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc with no answer. Using a 45G HD I have problems with the boot of FreeBSD 4.1. I get errors like: invalid partition, no /kernel and no /boot/loader Installation from CDROM completes nicely and without errors. It is just booting that fails. As an experiment, I tried an installation using a small (50M) root partition, but with no luck. Also it does not matter if I run the disks in dangerously dedicated or in compatible mode. The experiment with the small root partition was made using the facilities of the installer. I made the partition as the first one, and assumes that this ensures that it will be at the beginning of the disk ? (Before cylinder 1024) To check if the machine is o.k. I installed redhat 7. -no problems. Please, can anyone help with suggestions for a solution to the problem or experiments to clear up what the problem is. I really want to stick with FreeBSD and awoid a switch to Linux. FYI, I have seen other postings with this issue, but other than the 1024 cylinder thing I have seen no solutions. Thanks for your time, Arne To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message