From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 22:33:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FAB616A4DF for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech@nano.net) Received: from mail.smallweb.com (mail.smallweb.com [216.85.125.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0471143D53 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:33:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tech@nano.net) Received: from Sixpence.mail.smallweb.com (sixpence.nano.net [216.85.125.9]) by mail.smallweb.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 5.3.11) with ESMTP id ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:40:59 -0600 Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20060903163400.031930b0@nano.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:35:37 -0600 To: "OxY" , From: tech@nano.net In-Reply-To: <000801c6cfa6$d4463710$0201a8c0@oxy> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20060903155510.03191970@nano.net> <000801c6cfa6$d4463710$0201a8c0@oxy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: RAID mirror, 6.1 won't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:33:39 -0000 Thanks! I have a CD on it now, I'll add an IDE drive and make the CD secondary? Are you using a boot manager then? At 04:18 PM 9/3/2006, OxY wrote: >try to put in a PATA disk on the primary motherboard controller... >for example primary master... >it solved the problem for me >----- Original Message ----- From: >To: >Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:08 AM >Subject: RAID mirror, 6.1 won't boot > > >> >> >> >>I've got a brand new PC, ASUS P5LD2 motherboard and an Intel P4 3.2 CPU. >>I've installed the i386 version of 6.1 over a dozen times using different >>geometries and different drives and such, I get mixed results, but it >>won't boot. I'm running a RAID mirror on 2 SATA drives. If I have the >>mirror turned on and the second hard drive installed I get "no boot >>device available" or I get a boot prompt complaining that it can't find >>/boot/loader. Right now I just get a "-" that blinks, but no boot and no >>system message that it can't find a boot device and no BSD boot prompt. >>If I remove the second drive the system boots normally! If I put it back >>in it won't boot! BSD sees the RAID controller. Is there any easy way to >>fix this? It seems like it's really close to working and I really want >>the redundancy..... >> >> >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"