Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:08:20 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD only bootstraps from floppy Message-ID: <19980718160820.10013@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <007d01bdb18e$a45ecab0$02dd71d1@fargo.os.com>; from Craig Shrimpton on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 10:24:38AM -0400 References: <007d01bdb18e$a45ecab0$02dd71d1@fargo.os.com>
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On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 10:24:38AM -0400, Craig Shrimpton wrote: > Folks, > > I have a FBSD box that requires a boot floppy to start. The floppy is > required to get the hard disk to load the OS, it's not required to run the > system. Apparently the boot sector is not being found on startup. > > I suspect that the problem has something to do with the BIOS translation > settings on the SCSI controller. Is there any way to correct this short of > a complete re-install? Can I turn off BIOS translation and re-install a > boot sector without fouling up the data? Check that your motherboard hasn't got a boot sector protection switch. The Intel server ones _do_, and default to boot sector protection (which obviously screws a FreeBSD install). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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