Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:16:55 -0800 From: Scott Johnson <srj@NSD.3Com.COM> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: HELP with booting FreeBSD and BootEasy Message-ID: <199603142016.AA17510@orodruin.NSD.3Com.COM>
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Hi,
I'm having two problems that may or may not be related.
1) I can't get BootEasy (the Boot Manager that FreeBSD offers to
install) to work. I've tried making the FreeBSD partition, the DOS
partition (from both FreeBSD and DOS FDISK) and *both* partitions
"bootable", and I get the same response:
Hitting F1 to F5 changes the prompt from Fn (where n is the
"bootable" partition) to F?, and the prompt scrolls. Nothing
boots, no other keys have any effect.
2) When I boot from the boot floppy, and attempt to boot from sd0s2 by
typing "hd(1,a)/kernel" at the boot floppy prompt, I get into a loop
where I get the output "error: C:0 H:0 S:0"
I've installed a 200M DOS partition on sd0s1, and have the rest of the
disk partitioned for FreeBSD.
When I run the install program on the boot floppy, I can re-mount the
disks via the disklabel menu (the fsck seems to be happy with the data
on the HD) but I can't get into the HD filesystem, because I can't
boot the kernel.
System particulars:
Compaq Deskpro 386/25
1.08G Fujitsu 2694SQA connected via Adaptec 1522A controller
partitioned 200M DOS on sd0s1, 809M FreeBSD on sd0s2
100Mb Conner IDE disk connected to Compaq Multifunction IDE controller
partitioned 100% FreeBSD (used entire disk)
(I've tried this with the IDE disk controller enabled, disabled, and
physically removed from the system)
Trident TVGA 1Mb Video Card, Sony CPD1302 Monitor
What am I doing wrong here? Haylp!
--srj How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work?
o_O --unknown
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U Ack! Scott Johnson 3Com Corporation srj@3com.com 408-764-6248
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