From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 26 20:05:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA14234 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:05:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from lserver.infoworld.com (lserver.infoworld.com [192.216.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA14219 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:05:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ccgate.infoworld.com by lserver.infoworld.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #12) id m0u1mkT-000wqIC; Tue, 26 Mar 96 20:22 PST Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.infoworld.com id AA827899497; Tue, 26 Mar 96 20:50:07 PST Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 20:50:07 PST From: "Brett Glass" Message-Id: <9602268278.AA827899497@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Cannot boot after install Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've just installed FreeBSD three times on an EISA system with 20 MB of RAM, an UltraStor 24F SCSI host adapter, and a DEC DSP5200 2 GB hard disk. I can partition the drive and bring in the OS across the Internet, but when I try to reboot after the installation the system fails to bootstrap properly from the hard disk. I've tried swapping the SCSI host adapter with an Adaptec; same results. There do not appear to be any hardware conflicts. I've seen messages on the Net regarding problems with disks over 1 GB -- a problem I had assumed I'd avoided due to sector translation. (Both controllers translate the geometry to look as if it has less than 1024 cylinders.) I've tried installing the BootEasy boot manager and also committing the entire disk to BSD with no standard partition table. What is wrong? Insights from the developers would be especially useful, but ANY answers would be appreciated. --Brett Glass