From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 23:10:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80EB616A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 23:10:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A8043D2F for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 23:10:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20050205170724.00c56c78@cheyenne.wixb.com> X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:10:39 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "J.D. Bronson" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: repost of boot issue on 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:10:41 -0000 No one responded - I am sure someone out there knows what the deal is here... I did a full install from CDROM on a fresh new clean drive. Freebsd is the ONLY OS on the drive. And i used the entire drive. I selected the standard boot manager (not the freebsd one)... and all the install went fine. This is what I see when I reboot after install: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: ..and it JUST SITS there. If I hit the return key, it will boot up into the beastie menu and boot fine. How can I get this machine to boot up on its OWN? The boot startup sequence on the machine is HARD DRIVE THEN CDROM. This is the only hard drive in the system. Please if anyone knows how to fix this?? - A fresh install with a fresh drive....and still no luck. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282 Reach me at AIM:lonebanditusa //