From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jul 6 18:39:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA16115 for current-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 18:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ki.net (root@ki.net [205.150.102.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA16106 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 18:39:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by ki.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id VAA06931; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 21:39:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 21:39:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New install using 2.2-SNAP ... In-Reply-To: <14677.836701107@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Have you read the installation guide and the FAQ? Paying special > attention to the section(s) where disk geometry is mentioned? :-) > *groan* this is only a problem with IDE, isn't it? :( Ah well...I'll go back to my quiet hole now :( > Jordan > > > > > > > Hi... > > > > I missed *something* when I installed a 2.2-SNAP machine on a > > client's network, and I'm not 100% certain if its an install setup I > > missed, or if its somethign to do with the hardware :( > > > > Basically, I've installed it onto a 486DX4-100 with a 1.2Gig > > Quantum Fireball (IDE), and for some reason, I can't get it to boot off > > the hard drive. > > > > I'm using the onboard IDE, and the install went cleanly, as I > > can boot if I use the floppy and then go to wd(0,a)/kernel... > > > > As that is about all the information that I have...can anyone > > think of a reason why it doesn't work? And a way to fix it without > > having to reinstall? > > > > Thanks... > > > > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net > > Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org > > > > > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org