From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 3 16: 1:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lamb.sas.com (lamb.sas.com [149.173.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC3637BA48; Wed, 3 May 2000 16:01:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwd@unx.sas.com) Received: from mozart (mozart.unx.sas.com [149.173.6.8]) by lamb.sas.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA13011; Wed, 3 May 2000 19:01:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bb01f39.unx.sas.com by mozart (5.65c/SAS/Domains/5-6-90) id AA09684; Wed, 3 May 2000 19:00:33 -0400 Received: (from jwd@localhost) by bb01f39.unx.sas.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id TAA12812; Wed, 3 May 2000 19:00:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jwd) From: "John W. DeBoskey" Message-Id: <200005032300.TAA12812@bb01f39.unx.sas.com> Subject: Re: 5.0-20000502-SNAP install does not boot In-Reply-To: <200005032222.PAA01922@mass.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "May 3, 2000 03:22:55 pm" To: Mike Smith Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 19:00:33 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL61 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well... The system I was replacing was simply an older snap from november of last year.. I've replicated the problem on two different machines (yes, one with an adaptec controller, but the option is on. The 2nd an older HP Vectra XU 5/133C with an amd0 controller). I've determined a non-source fix is to: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1k count=1 and then do the install. This is with a compatible partition. I have not tested dangerously dedicated yet. No, I haven't done any disk swapping... Thanks for the reply! John > > 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