Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:07:59 -0800 (PST) From: andrew@grillet98.freeserve.co.uk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/22961: New installation of 4.1.1 won't boot Message-ID: <20001119200759.AF00437B479@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 22961 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: New installation of 4.1.1 won't boot >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 19 12:10:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew Grillet >Release: 4.1.1 >Organization: Quickstart Technology Ltd >Environment: Not available It is a pentium 150 with two IDE drives (both mode 4) It was running FreeBSD 3.4 and earlier versions. >Description: I installed directly from the ISO image I downloaded. No errors were reported. At the reboot, I get the btx menu (F1, F3, F5)but when I select one it just beeps. Even the 'perfectly good' :-) DOS 5 partition won't boot any more. (Fixable by Fdisk /mbr) I have reinstalled several times, repartitioning, new labels, etc Same result every time. >How-To-Repeat: AFAICT the problem is unavoidable on my system. Install always fails. (Unwilling to try on other machines!) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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