Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:55:09 -0500 From: David Campbell <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu> To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <optix@nyc.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot Message-ID: <3AD72F6D.7371EBC9@mail.utexas.edu> References: <3AD72C86.C73F47F5@mail.utexas.edu> <00ac01c0c43a$581851f0$01000001@darkstar>
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--------------D2F97D8410CFFAD6DB73C370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My first install, using the installer, I deleted the existing partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided into 3 slices (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager. The hard drive is a 4GB SCSI-2. Dave "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > David, > > When you first installed FreeBSD, did you fdisk the drive? Did you > install a boot manager? What kind of a hard drive is this machine > running? > > - -- Jonathan M. Slivko > > ~~~~ > Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com> > Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services > IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network > Pager: (917) 388-5304 > Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/ > (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc) > ~~~~ > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM > Subject: Bizarre rituals to reboot > > > I am a newbie. After playing with an initial install of FreeBSD 4.2 > > for a little over a week, changing and modifying files to my > > heart's > > content, I did a clean re-install to start from a known point, at a > > different security level than I had originally installed with. The > > install, on a Compaq Workstation AP400 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard > > drive, appears to go flawlessly, regardless of how many partitions > > or slices I create, or boot manager I use (if any). On reboot, I > > get "Non-System disk or disk error." > > > > After a couple of days wrestling with this, I have discovered that > > if after the install, I put in a Win98 boot disk, look at the drive > > with FDISK (making no changes, just looking at partitions), take > > out the Win98 disk, the machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I > > then reboot, I get the error. I continue to get the error on > > reboots until I look at the drive with FDISK. At that point, the > > boot-God is appeased, and it works fine. > > > > Does anyone have any insight into what is going on with this? > > > > Dave > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; > > iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb > coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg > =8/Ls > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- David Campbell Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 9398 Center For Instructional Technologies The University of Texas at Austin --------------D2F97D8410CFFAD6DB73C370 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> My first install, using the installer, I deleted the existing partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided into 3 slices (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager. <p>The hard drive is a 4GB SCSI-2. <p>Dave <p>"Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- <br>Hash: SHA1 <p>David, <p>When you first installed FreeBSD, did you fdisk the drive? Did you <br>install a boot manager? What kind of a hard drive is this machine <br>running? <p>- -- Jonathan M. Slivko <p>~~~~ <br>Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com> <br>Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services <br>IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network <br>Pager: (917) 388-5304 <br>Website: <a href="http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</a>; <br>(PGP Key @ <a href="http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc</a>) <br>~~~~ <br>- ----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu> <br>To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> <br>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM <br>Subject: Bizarre rituals to reboot <p>> I am a newbie. After playing with an initial install of FreeBSD 4.2 <br>> for a little over a week, changing and modifying files to my <br>> heart's <br>> content, I did a clean re-install to start from a known point, at a <br>> different security level than I had originally installed with. The <br>> install, on a Compaq Workstation AP400 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard <br>> drive, appears to go flawlessly, regardless of how many partitions <br>> or slices I create, or boot manager I use (if any). On reboot, I <br>> get "Non-System disk or disk error." <br>> <br>> After a couple of days wrestling with this, I have discovered that <br>> if after the install, I put in a Win98 boot disk, look at the drive <br>> with FDISK (making no changes, just looking at partitions), take <br>> out the Win98 disk, the machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I <br>> then reboot, I get the error. I continue to get the error on <br>> reboots until I look at the drive with FDISK. At that point, the <br>> boot-God is appeased, and it works fine. <br>> <br>> Does anyone have any insight into what is going on with this? <br>> <br>> Dave <br>> <br>> <br>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <br>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message <p>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- <br>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <<a href="http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</a>>; <p>iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb <br>coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg <br>=8/Ls <br>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----</blockquote> <pre>-- David Campbell Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 9398 Center For Instructional Technologies The University of Texas at Austin</pre> </html> --------------D2F97D8410CFFAD6DB73C370-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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