Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:32:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 install failure: booting from fd0, not sd0 Message-ID: <199608270632.IAA11220@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960826183011.219B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Aug 26, 96 06:30:57 pm"
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Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Guido van Rooij wrote: > > > I've installed 2.1.5 on a DEC Celebris XL 5133 and it fails: > > The installation itsself went OK. But when booting the new system, > > it tries to boot off the floppy drive. When I manually enter > > sd(0,a)kernel as the device to boot from, it does boot however. > > The disk is a Quantum Fireball SCSI disk hanging on a NCR controller. > > How odd. Sounds like the boot blocks are completely confused as to the > boot device. You are booting from the _hard disk_ and not the install > floppy, are you? Yes, booting from hard disk. > > You may need to rewrite the bootblocks using disklabel. That's the first thing I did....without luck. -Guido
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