Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 15:46:58 -0500 (EST) From: David Anderson <partek@indecent.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the Promise 2300+ EIDE controller Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950830152332.6417A-100000@system1.indecent.com> In-Reply-To: <6228.809814277@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 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?
The partition is already gone, but I had tried that several times
anyways. I tried from the floppy and from the HD.. It did the same thing
each time.
FreeBSD was on a 515MB HD with 1048 cylinders.. I tried it with LBA mode
on and off. The FreeBSD partitions were at the front of the disk, so
being past cylinder 1024 shouldn't have been a problem.
This is how I have things layed out:
HD0 is a Western Digital AC2250F 250M HD. CHS=1010/9/55
HD1 is a Western Digital AC2540H 515M HD. CHS=1048/16/63 With LBA off
CHS=524/32/63 with LBA on.
> You don't say what else is on the disk, if anything.
Linux and Win95 used to be, but I wiped those out when I installed
FreeBSD.
Thanks,
Dave
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