Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 04:58:46 EST From: eischen@vigrid.com (Daniel Eischen) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, joe@via.net Subject: Re: Booting problem with 2.1.6 Message-ID: <9701080958.AA29695@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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> I just installed 2.1.6 off the net onto a PC w- SCSI drives only. > > My problem is that when I reboot, I get the standard disk selection prompt: > > Default F1: > > Then it times out and I get > > Default F? > > Nothing I do will convince it to boot from the disk. Is there an >easy way to fix this? > >Also has anyone else noticed that HP drives won't work? This probably belongs on -questions. When you installed FreeBSD was there a pre-existing DOS partition on the drive (in which you were installing)? It sounds like a geometry problem. Creating a small DOS partition on the destination drive will allow FreeBSD to pick up the correct geometries. During the partition and labeling process, you can then delete the DOS partition if you don't want it. Dan Eischen eischen@pcnet.com
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