From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 15:36:14 2004 Return-Path: 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 2AA8916A4CE; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:36:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AEC43D49; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:36:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i0MNZfO28763; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:35:41 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200401222335.i0MNZfO28763@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: c0d3h4x0r@hotmail.com (Keith Kelly) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:35:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: from "Keith Kelly" at Jan 22, 2004 02:59:53 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Chris Pressey cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:36:14 -0000 > > Yes, I tried it both ways (installing BootMgr, and installing a standard > MBR). I just thought of one more awful thing which has happened to me on a number of occasions, way embarrassingly too many times. You don't happen to have a floppy disk in the floppy drive or possibly a non-bootable CD in the CD drive do you. That is where I see that message most often. If you tried to install using the two floppies, for example and didn't pull the second one out before rebooting, it would do that. The same would be true if you put one of the other CDs in the set to load some things. I'm still guessing something to do with the MBRs and boot blocks and whatever you called the 'a' partition in the slice, etc though. ////jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Pressey" > To: "Keith Kelly" > Cc: ; > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS > > > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800 > > "Keith Kelly" wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given > > > more technical details. > > > > > > I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install > > > proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always > > > get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the "Missing operating > > > system" error at boot. > > > > Hi Keith, > > > > Just to be sure - did you elect to install BootMgr (or a regular boot > > record) on the drive when sysinstall asks? > > > > -Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >