From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 13 5:36:18 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F2037B401 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 05:36:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98BE43F93 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 05:36:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A0645E; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:36:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ADE2F2FDB8C; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:36:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:36:13 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: cannot boot from a SCSI disk Message-ID: <20030213133613.GH81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-questions References: <20030212150431.GC81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20030212171835.GA2755@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030212171835.GA2755@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # cls@raggedclown.net / 2003-02-12 18:18:35 +0100: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:04:31PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > > I have a problem with getting one system boot from a SCSI disk. > > > > The system was installed on an IDE disk, and then dump|restored to the > > SCSI one. I used /stand/sysinstall's fdisk to mark the slice bootable, > > and install the standard MBR, but all I got was "Missing operating > > system". If I install booteasy, it shows the menu, but doesn't boot from > > the SCSI disk. > > > > I've since then tried many different things, but since this area is a > > bit Greek to me, I'm not sure what's wrong. > > > > The disk (or the data on it) is fine: I have the box booted off of an > > IDE disk, with all filesystems, including /, mounted from the SCSI one. > > It just doesn't want to boot. It doesn't even get to the > > > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > > boot: > > > > prompt. > > > > I've realized I don't have a fscking idea about how booting works, > > especially in FreeBSD. Pretty embarrasing. :( > > Mmm..a shot in the dark, have you enabled booting from SCSI device in > your BIOS ? Yes. It does load booteasy from the SCSI disk, but refuses to go on booting from it any further. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message