From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 07:27:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA15132 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 07:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bdd.net (bdd.net [207.61.119.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA15097 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 07:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost) by bdd.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA17409; Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:26:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:26:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Stein To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Error on Boot : "Error: C:0 H:0 S:0" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Doug White wrote: > Somehow the boot loader can't find the disk or the kernel. What is the > slice layout on that disk? It may be out of range. I thought it might be out of range too, but if I enter wd(1,a)kernel at the prompt, the system runs. As for the slice layout, here's a df. Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd1a 31775 13753 15480 47% / /dev/wd1s1e 29727 1268 26081 5% /var /dev/wd1s1f 658095 236746 368702 39% /usr procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > Normally, if you said that was a floppy, I'd say to use a new, freshly > formatted floppy, but that's not easy with a hard disk :-) Yes. I started with a freshly formatted hd, though. That's why this is so disconcerting. :( -- mat. +-Matthew Stein-------------------------------------------- matt@bdd.net-+ | Concept Development phone: +1 519 823-8577 | | ButtonDown Digital fax: +1 519 823-9556 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+