Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:54:15 -0000 From: Pat Saunders <Pat.Saunders@vivista.co.uk> To: 'Vulpes Velox' <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>, Pat Saunders <Pat.Saunders@vivista.co.uk> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: freebsd not boot Message-ID: <0F0CE7C01910024490CB03EBCBDC86802A8F8B@srvmars03.sis.co.uk>
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Hi, Thanks for the reply. My PC Hardware is as follows : Intel Pentium pro . 128K Ram, npx0 : math processor PCI Bus ATI Mach64-GZ graphics accelerator Intel PIIX4ATA33 Controller USD Controller 4G disk 2 3COM 3C90 Network Cards CD - ROM USB Keyboard / Mouse The interrupts are as follows : <1> Keyboard <3> and <4> Serial Ports <5> and <10> 3Com Network Cards <9> USB Controller <11> Graphics Card <12> Mouse <14> <15> IDE hard disk The PC boots and displays the Devices and interrupt list : IDE Controller 14/15 Serial Bus controller 9 N/W controller 5 N/W controller 10 display console 11 it then tries to boot off CD - fail (No CD in) it then performs another hard reset (I think when trying to boot of Hard Drive) I have tried to install FreeBSD onto a 2G Partition. I have played around with the Kernel configuration but it still resets at same point even when I don't delete any drivers and don't perform Kernel Configuration!!! Through the Fixit CD , I performed a Disklabel . Here are the results : bytes / sector :512 sectors / track :63 tracks / cylinders:255 sectors / cylinder:16065 cylinders : 259 sectors / unit : 4768387 8 partitions : size offset fstype fsize bsize ----------------------------------------------------------------- a 262144 0 4.2BSD 2048 94 b 1017008 262144 swap c 4176837 0 unused e 524288 1279152 4.2BSD 2048 16384 f 524288 1803440 4.2BSD 2048 16384 g 1849109 2327728 4.2BSD 2048 16384 But I notice there is no /etc/fstab file. Hope this helps!! Pat -----Original Message----- From: Vulpes Velox [mailto:kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com] Sent: 20 February 2004 19:00 To: Pat Saunders Cc: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org' Subject: Re: freebsd not boot On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:21:43 -0000 Pat Saunders <Pat.Saunders@vivista.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to run freebsd 4.9 on a PC / IDE architecture. > I have one IDE drive and two 3COM 3c90 Network Cards and CD-ROM > The PC will be a dedicated FreeBSD box. > I have installed freebsd v4.9 , using the whole 4G disk which is > bootable and installed > 'Standard MBR - no boot manager' and disabled all the drivers (SCSI) > that I do not use. > The problem is when I reboot nothing happens apart from another hard > reset. The PC then does a Hard reset and the same recursive process > occurs again. No, useful messages appear at all !!! > I have created bootable floppies which I can boot from but I am not > sure what to perform > next , apart from re-install with different options which result in > the same depressing results. > I am not sure what to do regarding the 'Fixit' option as most shell > commands do not > work. > Any help would be appreciated. > Pat Well more info on the hardware would be useful... How far does it get befor it reboots? Given that you went throught removing all the scsi drivers, I am guessing this means you made a custom kernel config, could you post that too. It sounds sorta like something important got removed from the kernel or something... _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: mailsweeper.info@vivista.co.uk Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the individuals named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you should be aware that any dissemination, distribution, forwarding or other duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual author and not necessarily those of Vivista Limited. Prior to taking any action based upon this e-mail message you should seek appropriate confirmation of its authenticity. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by using the e-mail reply facility. ********************************************************************** _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses on behalf of Vivista by MessageLabs. http://www.messagelabs.com or Email: mailsweeper.info@vivista.co.uk Vivista formerly Securicor Information Systems for further information http://www.vivista.co.uk
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