Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 04:44:19 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot failure after installation Message-ID: <20070409094419.GF8935@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <563773.34036.qm@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <563773.34036.qm@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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L Goodwin wrote:
> Hello. I tried posting this issue a few hours ago, but it did not appear in my inbox, so I'm
> trying once more. I've included details of the install in case it matters (sorry about length).
>
> I'm having trouble getting FreeBSD 6.2 to boot after installation. After a "successful" install,
> (re-)boot always fails with "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
>
> In order to boot the install CD on this machine, I have to disable ACPI by selecting
> "2. Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled" from the boot loader menu (the AWARD BIOS does not allow
> for disabling ACPI from the BIOS setup program).
> At the end of a "successful" install, the installer asks "ACPI was disabled during boot.
> Would you like to disable it permanently?", to which I choose "Yes".
>
> I am choosing to perform a "Standard" install.
>
> Here are my FDISK selections:
>
> Select Drive(s): "da0" (first SCSI drive of 6 9GB drives)
>
> These are my selections in FDISK Partition Editor (before entering "Q"):
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Disk name: da0 FDISK Partition Editor
> DISK Geometry: 1115 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 17912475 sectors (8746MB)
>
> Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
>
> 0 63 62 - 12 unused 0
> 63 17912412 17912474 da0s1 8 freebsd 165 A
> 17912475 3765 17916239 - 12 unused 0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Install Boot Manager for drive da0?: Selected "BootMgr" (Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager)
> Select Drive(s): "da0" selected for Boot Manager (tab to "OK", press ENTER).
>
> FreeBSD Disklabel Editor (create BSD Paritions): Select "A" (Auto Defaults)...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Disk: da0 Partition name da0s1 Free: 17912412 blocks (8746MB)
>
> Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs
> ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- -----
> da0s1a / 512MB UFS2 Y
> da0s1b swap 486MB SWAP
> da0s1d /var 1267MB UFS2+s Y
> da0s1e /tmp 512MB UFS2+s Y
> da0s1f /usr 5968MB UFS2+s Y
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...then enter "Q" (Finish).
>
> Choose Distributions: Select "A Minimal".
> Choose Installation Media: "1 CD/DVD" (burned my own from FreeBSD-6.2-disk1 ISO image)
> "All filesystem information written correctly"...
> Distribution extracted successfully...
> "Congratulations! You now have FreeBSD installed on your system" (but can't boot!).
> Final Configuration: "No" to most questions (configure later). Yes to these:
> Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devices: fxp0 (Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet card
> IPv6 configuration of the interfaces?: No
> DHCP: No
> Bring up fxp0 interface right now?: Yes Failed (only entered hostname --will complete later)
> Network gateway?: No
> inetd?: No
> SSH login?: Yes
> anonymous FTP?: No
> NFS server?: No
> NFS client?: No
> customize system console settings?: No
> machine's time zone?: Yes
> CMOS clock set to UTC?: No
> Region: "2 America -- North and South"
> Country or Region: "45 United States"
> Time zone: "19 Pacific Time" ("PDT")
> Linux binary compatibility?: No
> PS/2 mouse?: Yes (test OK)
> "ACPI was disabled during boot. Would you like to diswable it parmanently?": Yes
> Browse FreeBSD package collection?: No
> Add initial user accounts?: No
> set system manager's password: (done)
> Visit general configuration menu one more time?: No
>
> FreeBSD/i386 6.2-RELEASE - sysinstall Main Menu: Exit Install
>
> Last thing to print to screen:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM : Failure ...
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The first message is expected, as there is no disk in the CD-ROM drive.
> If I set Boot Sequence to "C only" in BIOS setup, only the second message appears.
>
> Am I doing something wrong here?
>
Just from the size of the drives I'm guessing this is older
hardware. Is the machine capable of booting from SCSI? Is the scsi
controller itself bootable?
--
Thanks,
Josh Paetzel
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