Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 13:24:37 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: David Anderson <partek@indecent.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the Promise 2300+ EIDE controller Message-ID: <6228.809814277@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:08:53 CDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.950830140317.5069A-100000@system1.indecent.com>
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> Then the computer was completely frozen. I was told on #FreeBSD that the > problem sounded like it originated with my hard drive controller. I've > tried every setting, and every configuration on the controller and it > still did the same exact thing when trying to boot from the HD.. Is this > controller just incompatable with FreeBSD, or am I doing something > horribly wrong? I tried setting it up with the boot manager AND the > standard MBR also.. Quick thing to try (assuming that you haven't blown away that FreeBSD partition yet). Boot from the boot floppy again, but instead of hitting return at the `boot:' prompt try this: boot: hd(0,a)/kernel (or) boot: wd(0,a)/kernel And let us know if it comes up. If so, it's the boot blocks getting spooged somehow. If not, it may be because your root partition is somehow past cylinder 1024? You don't say what else is on the disk, if anything. Jordan
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