From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 4 23: 8: 3 2001 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 23:07:57 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (dhcp244.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DCD37B69D; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:07:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f057Jlt03498; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:19:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200101050719.f057Jlt03498@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Gordon Tetlow Cc: nathan@vidican.com, questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server will not recognize boot record for some reason In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:43:52 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:19:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a FAQ; you have a geometry mismatch. Make sure the BIOS on the card is set for 2GB mode, make sure sysinstall detects a */128/32 geometry. 8GB mode doesn't work (my fault, will be fixed once I get my lab set up and some free time). > I can add another data point for this. We are using FreeBSD 4.0 (I'll be > upgrading them one of these days) and had this exact same problem. My > solution was to make a floppy disk and stuff it in the drive. It did the 3 > phase boot loader and in the loader.rc I added set currdev=disk1s1a which > did the trick. I'm really interested in getting this working as these are > our mailservers that I'd rather not trust to having to boot from floppy > disks. > > -gordon > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Nathan Vidican wrote: > > > Subject: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server > > will not recognize boot record for some reason > > > > Having problems booting; the system installs to the mylex system drive > > fine, but when I reboot, I get the FreeBSD boot MGR, and it only beeps > > when I press F1 for FreeBSD. If I install using a normal boot record, > > the system reports 'No operating system found'. I'm thinking it may be > > an issue with the Mylex card, but I don't know for sure if the system's > > bios could cause this either. I cannot attempt to install the mylex card > > in another machine; as the drives attached to it are in a hot-swap > > carriage which is part of the system's chassis. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message