From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 9 16:22:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp014.mail.yahoo.com (smtp014.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8A1737B405 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:21:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from agn_nair@yahoo.com) Received: from cc403125-a.jrsycty1.nj.home.com (HELO cc403125a) (65.2.181.122) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Jul 2001 23:21:58 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <002d01c108cd$79b4e260$7ab50241@jrsycty1.nj.home.com> From: "A. G. Nair" To: , Subject: Help with installing FreeBSD 4.3 on Laptop Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 19:18:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002A_01C108AB.E808B880" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01C108AB.E808B880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm trying to install and run FreeBSD 4.3 release on my Laptop 300 MHz Pentium II IBM ThinkPad 380Z 96MB RAM and 20GB Hard Drive This is a new blank Hard Drive and I've DDO(Dynamic Drive Overlay) by = Ontrack installed since the BIOS doesn't support drives over 8.4GB.=20 I have 3 partitions on the disk one for XOSL(Extended Operating System = Loader) and partition manager, the next one for DOS and the other two = for FreeBSD. I want to make the machine work as Windows 2000 and FreeBSD = dual-boot. Thought I'll install FreeBSD first and make it work and then = install Win2K once I get the config correctly. I chose not to install = Boot Manager since XOSL was installed. The problem is I cannot get FBSD = to boot after installation..... When I boot after installing it says the following messages: Not ufs Not ufs No /boot/loader >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal boot: Not ufs No /kernal >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal boot: I tried typing all combinations on the boot prompt but it always says = "Not ufs". It doesn't seem to me like a problem with the disk geometry. = I tried running the fixit floppy and mounted the ad0s3 slice. There are = files called loader, boot0, boot1 and boot2 under the /boot directory. = Does anyone have any idea how I can make this work? What am I doing = wrong here?? Please help...... Thanks in advance... Nair Additional Info about the hard drive---- The FreeBSD fdisk screen looks like below: FDisk Disk name: ad0 Disk Geometry: 2584 cyls/240 Heads/63 Heads =3D 39070080 = Sectors(19077MB) Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc = Subtype Flags -63 126 62 - 6 = unused 0 =20 63 45297 45359 ad0s1 1 = unknown 120 =20 45360 1028160 1073519 ad0s2 2 fat = 6 1073520 1013040 2086559 ad0s3 3 freebsd = 165 C 2086560 2615760 4702319 ad0s4 3 freebsd = 165 =20 4702320 34367697 39070016 - 6 unused = 0 During installation I configured slices in DiskLabel Editor screen as = follows: Disklabel Editor Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s4 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs =20 ad0s2 502MB DOS ad0s3a / 494MB Y ad0s4b swap 384MB Y ad0s4e /var 50MB Y ad0s4f /usr 843MB Y View of Ranish Partition Manager on the disk is as below: Hard Disk 1 19077 Mbytes[2584 Cyls x 240 Heads x 63 Sectors ] using LBA # Type Row File System Type Starting(CHS) = Ending(CHS) Partition Size(KB) 0 MBR Master Boot Record 0x0x1 = 0x0x1 0 1 Pri Unused 0x0x2 = 0x0x63 31 2 Pri 1 QNY 4.x 0x1x1 = 2x239x63 22,648 3 >Pri 2 DOS FAT-16 3x0x1 = 70x239x63 514,080 4 Pri 3 FreeBSD 71x0x1 = 37x239x63 506,520 5 Pri 4 FreeBSD 138x0x1 = 310x239x63 1,307,880 6 Pri Unused 311x0x1 = 2583x238x63 17,183,848 ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01C108AB.E808B880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
 
I'm trying to install and run FreeBSD 4.3 release on my = Laptop
300 MHz Pentium II IBM ThinkPad 380Z
96MB RAM and 20GB Hard Drive
 
This is a new blank Hard Drive and I've DDO(Dynamic Drive = Overlay) by=20 Ontrack installed since the BIOS doesn't support drives over 8.4GB. =
I have 3 partitions on the disk one for XOSL(Extended Operating = System=20 Loader) and partition manager, the next one for DOS and the = other two=20 for FreeBSD. I want to make the machine work as Windows 2000 and FreeBSD = dual-boot. Thought I'll install FreeBSD first and make it work and then = install=20 Win2K once I get the config correctly. I chose not to install Boot = Manager since=20 XOSL was installed. The problem is I cannot get FBSD to boot after=20 installation.....
 
When I boot after installing it says the following messages:
Not ufs
Not ufs
No /boot/loader
 
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal
boot:
Not ufs
No /kernal
 
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal
boot:
 
I tried typing all combinations on the boot prompt but it always = says "Not=20 ufs". It doesn't seem to me like a problem with the disk = geometry. =20 I tried running the fixit floppy and mounted the ad0s3 slice. There = are=20 files called loader, boot0, boot1 and boot2 under the /boot directory. = Does=20 anyone have any idea how I can make this work? What am I doing wrong = here??=20 Please help......
 
Thanks in advance...
Nair
 
Additional Info about the hard drive----
The FreeBSD fdisk screen looks like below:
 
FDisk
Disk name: ad0
Disk Geometry: 2584 cyls/240 Heads/63 Heads =3D 39070080=20 Sectors(19077MB)
 
Offset        =20 Size(ST)       End   =20          =20 Name      PType    =20 Desc           =20 Subtype    Flags
-63    =         =20 126       =20        =20 62            = ;    =20 -        =       =20 6            =   =20 unused         0  =  =20             =    =20
63          &n= bsp;  =20 45297          =20 45359         =20 ad0s1     =20 1            =   =20 unknown      120   =20        
45360       =20 1028160     = 1073519      =20 ad0s2     =20 2            =  =20 fat           =20       6
1073520    1013040    =20 2086559      = ad0s3     =20 3    =           =20 freebsd        165   =20         C
2086560    2615760    =20 4702319      = ad0s4     =20 3    =           =20 freebsd        165  &nb= sp;     
4702320    34367697   =20 39070016   -       =20       =20 6            =   =20 unused         0
 
 
During installation I configured slices in DiskLabel Editor=20 screen as follows:
Disklabel Editor
Disk: ad0        Partition name:=20 ad0s3        Free: 0 blocks = (0MB)
Disk: ad0        Partition name:=20 ad0s4        Free: 0 blocks = (0MB)
 
Part       =20 Mount      Size   =20      Newfs   
ad0s2     <none>   = ;=20 502MB      DOS
ad0s3a   =20 /            =   =20 494MB       Y
ad0s4b   =20 swap       384MB   &nbs= p;   Y
ad0s4e   =20 /var          50MB = ;       Y
ad0s4f    =20 /usr          843MB&nbs= p;     Y
 
 
View of Ranish Partition Manager on the disk is as = below:
 
Hard Disk 1 19077 Mbytes[2584 Cyls x 240 Heads x 63 Sectors=20 ]
using LBA
 
#    Type    = Row    File=20 System Type       =20 Starting(CHS)     Ending(CHS)    =         Partition Size(KB)
0   =20 MBR           &nbs= p;  Master=20 Boot Record    0x0x1        =            =20 0x0x1           &n= bsp;         =20     0
1   =20 Pri           &nbs= p;     Unused      = ;            =     0x0x2   =20             =    =20    =20 0x0x63           &= nbsp;           31=
2   =20 Pri        1   &nb= sp;    QNY=20 4.x            =    =20     0x1x1        =    =20            =20 2x239x63            =20     22,648
3  >Pri       =20 2        DOS=20 FAT-16           &= nbsp;  3x0x1        &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;70x239x63          =20     514,080
4    Pri       =20 3       =20 FreeBSD           =         71x0x1   &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;     37x239x63   =20          506,520
5    Pri       =20 4       =20 FreeBSD           =         138x0x1   =             &= nbsp; =20 310x239x63           =20 1,307,880
6   =20 Pri           &nbs= p;      Unused   =20            =20      =20 311x0x1           =        2583x238x63   &n= bsp;     =20 17,183,848
 
 
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