Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:35:08 +0000 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loader and "Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor" Message-ID: <20071116213508.GA38799@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0711161235260.5871@glacier.reedmedia.net> References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0711161235260.5871@glacier.reedmedia.net>
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:55:06PM -0600, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > Trying to boot PC-BSD 1.4.1 and I get: > > CD Loader 1.2 > Building the boot loader arguments > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found > Read error: 0x10 > Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor > > I find this discussed a lot, but haven't found a solution yet. > > My BIOS is K7VM2 for ASRock > http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7VM2 > > I started with version P1.30 and now I updated to 1.90 (dated 9/5/2003). > > (I have no floppy. So I downloaded freedos ISO image, mounted it, copied > it, added the flash utility and new flash, made new iso and burned it. It > booted fine and I could update flash fine. My BIOS indicated it was new.) > > But I continue to get the "Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor" > error. > > I have tried with two different CD drives. > > Any ideas on how to solve this? Or is it just not possible to boot with my > BIOS? > > What about using a different boot manager? And then have it boot the CD? > Any suggestions on that? You could try making a CD with grub and try to boot that. You'll need to know which partition/slice your root partition is on and you'll obviously need a spare machine to build your boot CD on. Instructions (I had to do it a few weeks back): http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/grub_setup.html > > Jeremy C. Reed > > p.s. I may just try to boot it over the network... but I got to setup my > boot server for that. Grub should be easier as long as your BIOS can boot CDs. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html
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