From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 3 15:14:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E940837B582 for ; Wed, 3 May 2000 15:14:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01922; Wed, 3 May 2000 15:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005032222.PAA01922@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "John W. DeBoskey" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0-20000502-SNAP install does not boot In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 02 May 2000 18:25:52 EDT." <200005022225.SAA02138@bb01f39.unx.sas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 15:22:55 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi, > > Today, I tried a test install of the last nights -current, 0502-SNAP. > The cd boots correctly and the install works like a charm. However, > after finishing the install and attempting to boot the newly > installed system, it hands at the "F1 FreeBSD" prompt. Hitting > the F1 key (or any other key) simply results in a beep. This always means either a geometry error (99.9% of cases) or a disk error. You're using a SCSI disk, so I would guess either: 1) You are using an Adaptec controller, and you have the "extended translation for disks >1GB" option turned off. 2) There was another operating system installed on this disk, probably installed on another system/SCSI controller, and sysinstall has become confused. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message