From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 23:14:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D4037B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:14:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF7043E88 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:14:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18J7Gg-000IGt-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 07:14:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 49004D5E for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:14:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id CF72ECD8 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:14:43 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id E079B225CC; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:14:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:14:43 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: New install won't boot off A7V133 Message-ID: <20021203071443.GB50114@raggedclown.net> References: <20021203041936.41322.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021203041936.41322.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:19:36PM -0800, Scott I. Remick wrote: > I just got in an ATA133 30GB drive that I am going to dedicat to FreeBSD on > my main system (an Asus A7V133). I took off the existing 20GB (Win2000), put > the 30GB in its place (primary master). I boot from a 4.7-REL CD I made, > install goes fine... it detects the controllers, drive, I partition the > whole thing for FreeBSD, setting the auto defaults, etc etc. Everything > goes swell. Then I'm done, I reboot, take out the CD... and it just sits > there when it should be booting from the drive. > I can't tell you the solution, but by pure chance I too have been fiddling with installs on a A7V133 system with a 30GB drive. I am convinced there is a bug in the BIOS because it doesn't honour the boot order you set in the BIOS sometimes. I did a quick experiemental install of 5.0 just to see. It all went fine, and did indeed boot. However it then refused to boot anything other than the HD, Despite the boot order being FD, CD, HD. I got around this by rather drastic means,,,but if it happens again I shall be..mmm..pissed off :) Although this is not what you are seeing, it is a bit of a co-incidence. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message