Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:51:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: Helge Oldach <Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com> To: khera@kciLink.com (Vivek Khera) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.1 install won't boot (but 4.0 will!) Message-ID: <200009200651.IAA17320@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> In-Reply-To: <14792.10871.244054.687154@yertle.kciLink.com> from Vivek Khera at "Sep 19, 2000 11: 9:43 pm"
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Vivek Khera: >>>>>> "GB" == Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> writes: >GB> This machine boots from CD and the boot floppies just fine. We >GB> can install the OS, all goes fine. (We've tried about 6 times, >GB> using various combinations of standard/quick/custom install). We >GB> are using the whole disk for FreeBSD, but not using dangerously >GB> dedicated. We have tried using the standard MBR or BootEasy. >Try the DD mode. According to my experiments this particular machine's BIOS (HP Vectra XA) does not like dangerously dedicated mode. All I've seen is the infamous "read error" message. This is even true for a very small (<540 MB) disk! If anyone has a clue on how to get it DD, please share. Helge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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