From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Aug 4 1:10:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778131534B for ; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 01:10:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id BAA82234; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 01:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 01:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908040810.BAA82234@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Robert Nordier Subject: Re: misc/12947: Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit Reply-To: Robert Nordier Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/12947; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Robert Nordier To: webmaster@tenebrous.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/12947: Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:57:01 +0200 (SAST) webmaster@tenebrous.com wrote: > >Number: 12947 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit > >Description: > I boot my machine, the boot loader comes up.. but when I hit 'F2' to boot to FreeBSD, it just beeps.. nothing else happens. It'll only let me use 'F1' (FAT32 partition) This is almost certainly due to a mismatch between the disk geometry your BIOS is using, and what FreeBSD thought the geometry was when it was installed. I'd suggest sending mail to the freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list and asking for help with this. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message