From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 10 02:05:58 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA01749 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:05:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from adn.edu.ph (root@sili.adn.edu.ph [165.220.57.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id CAA01670 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:03:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from sili.adn.edu.ph (june@sili.adn.edu.ph [165.220.57.2]) by adn.edu.ph (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA23396 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:23:14 +0800 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:23:14 +0800 (PST) From: "Francis Percival C. Favoreal" To: freebsd-questions Subject: bootup problem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a running FreeBSD box. I planned on upgrading the CPU to a 586 from a 486. I thought that one way to do it is just transfer the hardisk to the new cpu. It turned out to be not the most appropriate but I can still make the FreeBSD box run with some added overhead. The problem with this is that I could no longer boot from the hard drive and that I have to use a bootdisk with FreeBSD kernel. The bootmanager seemed not working properly anymore. When I respond with F2 inorder to boot the FreeBSD, I just keep on seeing again an 'F?' prompt. I read about this and the problem is with a mismatch in the disk geometry. The BIOS view of the disk geometry does not agree with FreBSD's disk geometry. The only solution from the handbook is reinstall FreeBSD. Is there any other easier way like reinstalling the booteasy bootmanager? Thankx -- june System Administrator Adnet