Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:46:48 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <optix@nyc.rr.com> To: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot Message-ID: <00f301c0c452$7a291910$01000001@darkstar> References: <3AD72C86.C73F47F5@mail.utexas.edu> <00ac01c0c43a$581851f0$01000001@darkstar> <3AD72F6D.7371EBC9@mail.utexas.edu> <00c101c0c43c$6859a080$01000001@darkstar> <3AD73D22.91A7F467@mail.utexas.edu>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F0_01C0C430.F3021C50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'll read up more on it and i'll get back to you as I find out more. Thats all for the meantime. - -- 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 -----=20 From: David Campbell=20 To: Jonathan M. Slivko=20 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot Progress! In a fashion...=20 Now, I only have to make sure I power down between reboots, I don't have to do the Win98 FDisk step.=20 I appreciate the suggestion. Anything else that you come up with is welcome.=20 Dave=20 "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote:=20 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----=20 Hash: SHA1 I know this might a little rash, but it might work. Try doing, from=20 the Win98 CD, fdisk /mbr, to remove the bootmanager and then reboot.=20 After that, reload the Windows CD in the drive and then remove all=20 the drives via fdisk and then redo the FreeBSD install. I have found=20 that FreeBSD acts a little wierd when it doesn't have clean drives to work with. However, i'm not guaranteeing that this will fix the=20 problem, this is just what i've learned over the few years that i've=20 been running FreeBSD as a server operating system. - -- Jonathan M. Slivko ~~~~=20 Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com>=20 Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services=20 IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network=20 Pager: (917) 388-5304=20 Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/=20 (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc)=20 ~~~~=20 - - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Campbell=20 To: Jonathan M. Slivko=20 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:55 PM=20 Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot=20 My first install, using the installer, I deleted the existing=20 partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided into 3=20 slices (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager.=20 The hard drive is a 4GB SCSI-2. Dave "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: - - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----=20 Hash: SHA1=20 David, When you first installed FreeBSD, did you fdisk the drive? Did you=20 install a boot manager? What kind of a hard drive is this machine=20 running? - - -- Jonathan M. Slivko ~~~~=20 Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com>=20 Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services=20 IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network=20 Pager: (917) 388-5304=20 Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/=20 (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc)=20 ~~~~=20 - - - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu>=20 To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM=20 Subject: Bizarre rituals to reboot > I am a newbie. After playing with an initial install of FreeBSD 4.2=20 > for a little over a week, changing and modifying files to my=20 > heart's=20 > content, I did a clean re-install to start from a known point, at a > =20 > different security level than I had originally installed with. The > =20 > install, on a Compaq Workstation AP400 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard=20 > drive, appears to go flawlessly, regardless of how many partitions=20 > or slices I create, or boot manager I use (if any). On reboot, I=20 > get "Non-System disk or disk error."=20 >=20 > After a couple of days wrestling with this, I have discovered that=20 > if after the install, I put in a Win98 boot disk, look at the drive > =20 > with FDISK (making no changes, just looking at partitions), take=20 > out the Win98 disk, the machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I=20 > then reboot, I get the error. I continue to get the error on=20 > reboots until I look at the drive with FDISK. At that point, the=20 > boot-God is appeased, and it works fine.=20 >=20 > Does anyone have any insight into what is going on with this?=20 >=20 > Dave=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message - - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----=20 Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use=20 <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb=20 coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg=20 =3D8/Ls=20 - - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --=20 David Campbell=20 Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 9398=20 Center For Instructional Technologies=20 The University of Texas at Austin=20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----=20 Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOtcymz4aolq8K4tFEQJxZQCg/XMg5YnqQxkeDeFrhtoUSG7pKf8AoIFB=20 Z98Mkkv0wK4xCbbuFpNUXoIj=20 =3DKQvD=20 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --=20 David Campbell Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 9398=20 Center For Instructional Technologies The University of Texas at Austin =20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOtdXpD4aolq8K4tFEQIMkACfR2+3ak0XneTnYZKc3Vt3ZKjuPdwAnjgf YZvm8oQzFRhbq7kRy/rAXoVD =3DbHdz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------=_NextPart_000_00F0_01C0C430.F3021C50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED = MESSAGE-----<BR>Hash:=20 SHA1</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll read up more on it and i'll get = back to you as=20 I find out more.<BR>Thats all for the meantime.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- -- Jonathan M. Slivko</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>~~~~<BR>Jonathan M. Slivko <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:optix@nyc.rr.com">optix@nyc.rr.com</A>><BR>Systems=20 Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services<BR>IRC Operator, AsylumNet = IRC=20 Network<BR>Pager: (917) 388-5304<BR>Website: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</A><= BR>(PGP=20 Key @ <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc</A>)<BR>~~~~<BR>-=20 ----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: David Campbell <BR>To: Jonathan = M. Slivko=20 <BR>Cc: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 <BR>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:53 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals = to=20 reboot</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><BR>Progress! In a fashion... <BR>Now, I only have to make sure I = power=20 down between reboots, I don't<BR>have to do the Win98 FDisk step. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I appreciate the suggestion. Anything else that you come up with=20 is<BR>welcome. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- <BR>Hash: SHA1 I know this = might a=20 little rash, but it might work. Try<BR>doing, from <BR>the Win98 CD, = fdisk /mbr,=20 to remove the bootmanager and then reboot. <BR>After that, reload the = Windows CD=20 in the drive and then remove all <BR>the drives via fdisk and then redo = the=20 FreeBSD install. I have found <BR>that FreeBSD acts a little wierd when = it=20 doesn't have clean drives to<BR>work with. However, i'm not guaranteeing = that=20 this will fix the <BR>problem, this is just what i've learned over the = few years=20 that i've <BR>been running FreeBSD as a server operating system. - -- = Jonathan=20 M.<BR>Slivko ~~~~ <BR>Jonathan M. Slivko <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:optix@nyc.rr.com">optix@nyc.rr.com</A>> <BR>Systems=20 Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services <BR>IRC Operator, AsylumNet = IRC=20 Network <BR>Pager: (917) 388-5304 <BR>Website: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</A>; = <BR>(PGP=20 Key @ <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc</A>)=20 <BR>~~~~ <BR>- - ----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: David Campbell = <BR>To:=20 Jonathan M. Slivko <BR>Cc: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 <BR>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:55 PM <BR>Subject: Re: Bizarre = rituals to=20 reboot <BR>My first install, using the installer, I deleted the existing = <BR>partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided into 3 = <BR>slices=20 (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager. <BR>The hard drive is a = 4GB=20 SCSI-2. Dave "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: -<BR>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED=20 MESSAGE----- <BR>Hash: SHA1 <BR>David, When you first installed FreeBSD, = did you=20 fdisk the drive? Did<BR>you <BR>install a boot manager? What kind of a = hard=20 drive is this machine <BR>running? - - -- Jonathan M. Slivko ~~~~ = <BR>Jonathan=20 M. Slivko <<A = href=3D"mailto:optix@nyc.rr.com">optix@nyc.rr.com</A>>=20 <BR>Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services <BR>IRC Operator, = AsylumNet IRC Network <BR>Pager: (917) 388-5304 <BR>Website: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</A>; = <BR>(PGP=20 Key @ <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc</A>)=20 <BR>~~~~ <BR>- - - ----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "David = Campbell"=20 <<A = href=3D"mailto:dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu">dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu</A>&g= t;=20 <BR>To: <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>>=20 <BR>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM <BR>Subject: Bizarre rituals = to reboot=20 > I am a newbie. After playing<BR>with an initial install of FreeBSD = 4.2=20 <BR>> for a little over a week, changing and modifying files to = my=20 <BR>> heart's <BR>> content, I did a clean re-install to start = from a=20 known point, at a<BR>> <BR>> different security level = than I=20 had originally installed with. The<BR>> <BR>> install, = on=20 a Compaq Workstation AP400 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard <BR>> = drive,=20 appears to go flawlessly, regardless of how many partitions <BR>> or = slices I=20 create, or boot manager I use (if any). On reboot, I <BR>> get = "Non-System=20 disk or disk error." <BR>> <BR>> After a couple of days wrestling = with=20 this, I have discovered that <BR>> if after the install, I put in a = Win98=20 boot disk, look at the drive<BR>> <BR>> with FDISK = (making no=20 changes, just looking at partitions), take <BR>> out the Win98 disk, = the=20 machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I <BR>> then reboot, I get the = error.=20 I continue to get the error on <BR>> reboots until I look at the = drive with=20 FDISK. At that point, the <BR>> boot-God is appeased, and it works = fine.=20 <BR>> <BR>> Does anyone have any insight into what is going on = with this?=20 <BR>> <BR>> Dave <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> To Unsubscribe: send = mail to=20 <A href=3D"mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A> = <BR>with=20 "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -<BR>- = -----BEGIN PGP=20 SIGNATURE----- <BR>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use = <BR><<A=20 href=3D"http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</A>><BR>iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4= aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb=20 <BR>coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg <BR>=3D8/Ls <BR>- - -----END PGP = SIGNATURE----- - --=20 <BR>David Campbell <BR>Sr Systems Analyst 512 = 475 9398=20 <BR>Center For Instructional Technologies <BR>The University of Texas at = Austin=20 <BR> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- <BR>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 = for=20 non-commercial use<BR><<A=20 href=3D"http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</A>><BR>iQA/AwUBOtcymz4= aolq8K4tFEQJxZQCg/XMg5YnqQxkeDeFrhtoUSG7pKf8AoIFB=20 <BR>Z98Mkkv0wK4xCbbuFpNUXoIj <BR>=3DKQvD <BR>- -----END PGP = SIGNATURE-----<BR>- --=20 <BR>David Campbell<BR>Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 = 9398=20 <BR>Center For Instructional Technologies<BR>The University of Texas at=20 Austin<BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for=20 non-commercial use <<A=20 href=3D"http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</A>></DIV>; <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>iQA/AwUBOtdXpD4aolq8K4tFEQIMkACfR2+3ak0XneTnYZKc3Vt3ZKjuPdwAnjgf<BR>= YZvm8oQzFRhbq7kRy/rAXoVD<BR>=3DbHdz<BR>-----END=20 PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F0_01C0C430.F3021C50-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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