Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:19:12 -0500 From: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slice/booting problem Message-ID: <200703051319.l25DJCp01728@akiva.homer.att.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:45:51 EST." <20070302214551.GA91738@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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The third party boot manager does play nice, I've had this setup working before (with the same BM [smartboot]), and everything worked fine. Thanks ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 16:45:51 -0500 > To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> > From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> > Subject: Re: slice/booting problem > > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:12:55PM -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > > > > I have a two disk system, and I'm trying to install FBSD6.2 on slice 2 > > of the second disk, a configuration that I've had working in the past. > > > > I'm using the Standard installation, select the second disk (ad1) > > and create a slice (ad1s2) and then create the partitions within > > that slice. On that disk, I install the FreeBSD Boot Manager (I have > > a third party boot manager installed on ad0 that boots FreeBSD). > > > > During the install, I ls /dev and find the ad1s2 partitions created. > > > > After the install, when I try to re-boot, it fails when it trys to > > mountroot. When I enter ?, I get a listr of GEOM managed disks, but > > the partitions are not listed, while the slice is. > > > > Any ideas on what I'm missing??? > > Just a wild guess: That either the first or second disk didn't > really get an MBR written to it - or the third party boot manager > on the first disk might not play nicely with the one on the second > disk. > Try using fdisk (from the install CD fixit if necessary) to write > the FreeBSD MBR to both disks. You can put the other third party > booter back afterward if desired/needed. > > ////jerry > > > > > Thanks > > > > Jim Ballantine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or g" >
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