Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:47:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Durian <durian@boogie.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BTX halted boot failure during 4.6 install Message-ID: <20020629144445.G62564-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <200206290249.g5T2nF47034297@man.boogie.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Mike Durian wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:05:51 PDT, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> >> I'll see what I can find. How does it have some programs that require
> >> windows?
> >
> >It boots to Windows3.1 off the CD. :-)
> >
> >We just got a metric ton of these CDs from a large purchase and can mail
> >one to you if you need it.
>
> I found one on a shelf. M.04.00. I think it was from 2001. I was able
> to update the BIOS one small increment, but that was it. Most of the
> firmware was up-to-date. It did not fix my problem.
That's a pretty old one actually, the one shipping is M.04.05.
> >That is probably the problem. Try booting a DOS floppy and wipe & recreate
> >the table (if you don't care for whats on the box).
>
> Really? Is this true across the boards? People can't update Linux
> to FreeBSD when using certain adaptec controllers regardless of
> system type?
This is only a problem if you do not have a DOS partition table on the
disk. The Adaptec BIOS tries to grok it and screws up badly if it is not
there.
That's been a problem all the way back to the L440GX+ board. if you
traced the BTX error the IP ends up in the Adaptec BIOS somewhere.
> I'm don't think I can take this risk unless I'm 100% sure I'll be
> able to bring FreeBSD up once I wipe Linux. I don't mind clearing
> the disk, but I've got to have the machine up and running, be it
> Linux or FreeBSD.
Got a spare disk you could drop in then?
> Even if this is a BIOS error, it seems to me the BTX loader should
> be able to work around it. After all, the other OSes can boot
> with the buggy BIOS.
Loader != LILO :) Linux does have problems, but since they don't have
their own disklabel they generally get around it, unless you have an ext2
filesystem right on the disk instead of in a partition. ('mke2fs
/dev/hda' will do that.)
Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org
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