From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 13 7:42:11 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 31DF237B401 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:42:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from spitfire.velocet.net (spitfire.velocet.net [216.138.223.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B3B43F85 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:42:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@nomad.tor.lets.net) Received: from nomad.tor.lets.net (H74.C220.tor.velocet.net [216.138.220.74]) by spitfire.velocet.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5912A4B4150 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:42:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 1075 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Feb 2003 15:36:22 -0000 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:36:22 -0500 From: Steve Shorter To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot boot from SCSI disk Message-ID: <20030213103622.A1070@nomad.lets.net> References: <20030212145249.A429@nomad.lets.net> <20030213142858.GL81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030213142858.GL81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>; from neuhauser@bellavista.cz on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:28:58PM +0100 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 On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:28:58PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > interesting. all I see is backpedalling from dangerously dedicated > disks in /stand/sysinstall and elsewhere Many IDE drives will not boot if setup in "dangerously dedicated" mode. So, for "normal" people who are installing for personal/desktop use and/or dual boot "home" systems the issue is confusing and often results in failed installlations on many typical "home" installs. > , and the article you linked below says > > "Remember, dedicated mode disks sometimes cannot be booted by the PC > architecture." > This is correct. Particularly for IDE. But the opposite is true for server class SCSI systems. I have had IDE systems that would not boot if setup in "dedicated mode". I have had SCSI systems that would not boot unless they were setup in "dedicated mode". > > In general SCSI disk that only contain FreeBSD should be > > formated/labled in "dedicated mode" IMHO. > > what source do you have this information from? > I have never personally had a SCSI system that *didn't* boot when setup in "dedicated mode". Dedicated mode is simpler so I prefer it. -steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message