Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600 From: Ben Weaver <sid67@tranquility.net> To: Arne Norre Ekstroem <aneks@ti.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems booting 4.1 on 45G drive Message-ID: <20010209180954.A28821@tranquility.net> In-Reply-To: <3A83C599.FAAFA024@ti.com>; from aneks@ti.com on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:25:29AM %2B0100 References: <3A83C599.FAAFA024@ti.com>
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So, describe what you are doing to set it up. Do you have other Operating Systems on this drive or will it be FreeBSD only? When you say the installation completes without errors, it has fdisked, labeled, and installed the necissary files on your drive, then asked you a couple of questions such as whether the machine will be a leaf node or not, then asked for a root password and the option so set up a non-root user, then it tells you the installtion is complete and asks you to restart the computer? When sysinstall comes up, and you get to the fdisk part, are you making: 1. One giant partition 2. Several small partitions Once you're done making the partitions, and you get into the label editor do you: 1. Select autodefaults for all 2. Specify one giant / partition 3. Create several partitions consisting of sizes you want (i.e. 100mb /, 2gb /var, 280mb swap, 42gb /usr, and so on and so forth) On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:25:29AM +0100, Arne Norre Ekstroem wrote: > Hi, > > This question has also been posted on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc with no answer. > > Using a 45G HD I have problems with the boot of FreeBSD 4.1. I get errors like: > > invalid partition, no /kernel and no /boot/loader > > Installation from CDROM completes nicely and without errors. It is just booting > that fails. > > As an experiment, I tried an installation using a small (50M) root partition, > but with no luck. Also it does not matter if I run the disks in dangerously > dedicated or in compatible mode. > > The experiment with the small root partition was made using the facilities of > the installer. I made the partition as the first one, and assumes that this > ensures that it will be at the beginning of the disk ? (Before cylinder 1024) > > To check if the machine is o.k. I installed redhat 7. -no problems. > > Please, can anyone help with suggestions for a solution to the problem or > experiments to clear up what the problem is. I really want to stick with FreeBSD > and awoid a switch to Linux. > > FYI, I have seen other postings with this issue, but other than the 1024 > cylinder thing I have seen no solutions. > > Thanks for your time, > > Arne > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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