Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 06:17:04 -0800 (PST) From: lerland@icrt.demon.co.uk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/9856: No boot after installation: just "Read error" Message-ID: <199902011417.GAA24953@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 9856 >Category: misc >Synopsis: No boot after installation: just "Read error" >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 1 06:20:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lars G. Erlandsen >Release: 2.2.8 >Organization: Inter-Connect RealTime Ltd >Environment: Cannot boot, so cannot perform "uname -a", however, machine is a standard Dell XPS R400 with IDE disk and Adaptec 2940 (narrow) SCSI connected to Seagate ST34371N 4.1Gbyte disk, and ISA NE2000 network card (0x300, IRQ10) >Description: Installation goes OK (disabled as much as possible in kernel, except IDE, CDROM, serial, parallell, console, network card, mouse, SCSI Tried both LBA-reported cylinder/head/sector count (528/255/63), and physical count (5178/10/164, corrupts disk). Created single primary partition (tried several sizes between 200 Mbytes and 1 Gbyte), both as 1st and 2nd primary partition on IDE disk, and 1st and 2nd primary partition on SCSI disk. I let the installation utility distribute the slices inside. Installation went OK (X Windows a pig to set up, ignored it in the end - Linux is a doddle to set up!). On first boot after installation, the bios always reports "Read error", and that is the end of progress. Similarily, I have installed Linux RedHat 5.2 in all of the above combinations, and NEVER had any problems. I installed both 1.5, 2.0.5, and 2.2 on my old trusted 486 DX2/66 over the years (also on Adaptec SCSI), and had no problems, so have we gone backwards since then??? I'm really sorry to see Linux sail past my favourite over many years. This has been a real disappointment. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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