Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 13:54:36 +0200 From: Allards Martial Eboa Ngome <ngome@uni-wuppertal.de> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I can't boot up my system Message-ID: <355ADB7C.446B@uni-wuppertal.de> References: <4021.895140784@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Sigh. You didn't read TROUBLE.TXT did you? I think so but Ididn't again something positiv ... I Think you mind this: Q: I go to boot from the hard disk for the first time after installing FreeBSD, but the Boot Manager prompt just prints `F?' at the boot menu each time but the boot won't go any further. A: The hard disk geometry was set incorrectly in the Partition editor when you installed FreeBSD. Go back into the partition editor and specify the actual geometry of your hard disk. You must reinstall FreeBSD again from the beginning with the correct geometry. It can be the problem because I have a old intel motherboard with a Pentium 60 Mhz and a 2.5 GB hard disk, but I thought the OS is capable to identify the hard disk disk geometry (not that from the Bios)!!!! But Linux is on the hard disk that mind the hard disk is well setting !!!! So if this is the problem can I boot my FreeBSD partition from a floppy and How does I make a bootable floppy?? If you are failing entirely in figuring out the correct geometry for your machine, here's a tip: Install a small DOS partition at the beginning of the disk and install FreeBSD after that. The install program will see the DOS partition and try to infer the correct geometry from it, which usually works. If you are setting up a truly dedicated FreeBSD server or work- station where you don't care for (future) compatibility with DOS, Linux or another operating system, you've also got the option to use the entire disk (`A' in the partition editor), selecting the non-standard option where FreeBSD occupies the entire disk from the very first to the very last sector. This will leave all geometry considerations aside, but is somewhat limiting unless you're never going to run anything other than FreeBSD on a disk. Thanks a lot -- Allards Martial Eboa Ngome ngome@uni-wuppertal.de http://www.stud.uni-wuppertal.de/~la0048/frame.html Weinberg 10 42109 Wuppertal Germany + 49 202 7054585 (Tel + Fax,Home) Thursday (+ 49 202 439 3295 HRZ Wuppertal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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