From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 20:04:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E0016A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:04:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lon-mail-3.gradwell.net (lon-mail-3.gradwell.net [193.111.201.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9FBF43D2F for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:04:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hirez@libeljournal.com) Received: from 82-40-167-142.cable.ubr01.chap.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.40.167.142] helo=propellor.libeljournal.com ident=hirez) 1.181) id 425ecce1.8817.15e7; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:04:49 +0100 (envelope-sender ) Received: from twister.libeljournal.com (twister.libeljournal.com [172.16.0.10]) by propellor.libeljournal.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48AA20C0; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:04:45 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20050414204935.034c9a60@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: pop3.gradwell.net:postmaster%pop3.libeljournal.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:05:33 +0100 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: John Hawkes-Reed In-Reply-To: <20050414200007.3d2dfd87.kutizs@axelero.hu> References: <200504111746.42804.hirez@libeljournal.com> <20050414102210.K24742@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20050414200007.3d2dfd87.kutizs@axelero.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: kutizs@axelero.hu Subject: Re: Hp dc7100 installs 5.4-rc1 from CD but won't boot from HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:04:55 -0000 At 19:00 14/04/2005, Zsolt =?ISO-8859-2?Q?K=FAti?= wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, John Hawkes-Reed wrote: > > > > (Which I think covers the problem) > > > > Boots from CD ok, USB keyboard seems less than reliable, so I'm > > using a PS2 item. Running through 'standard' install appears to > > write data to the (SATA ICH6 controller) disk, but on reboot it sits > > at the F1: FreeBSD prompt beeping every ten seconds. > > Is there likely to be anything obvious I've missed? (Or indeed more > > useful data I can provide.) > >Hello, > >I had the same problem recently. What I figured out is that in the BIOS > you can change automatic geometry detection to another one. Don't >remember which. Mail me if you can't find it. I thought I'd been through all the combinations available in the BIOS, but I won't be surprised if I missed one. What worked for you? One thing, probably critical, that I forgot to mention in the excitement, is that fdisk complains that the reported geometry is 'wrong' and substitutes another C/H/S combination that doesn't use all the disk. Neither that, nor the different again combination reported by atacontrol, appeared to make much difference. My notes on the relevant values are at work, but I'll happily reproduce them if needed. [ ... ] Doug White wrote: >Your system appears to require packet mode, but sysinstall didn't enable >it. Two possible fixes: > >1. If you have disc 2: Boot the install CD, go to Fixit, start up fixit >off CD, then run > >boot0cfg -o packet adX > >where adX is the appropriate disk device. > >2. Reinstall, but use the standard MBR rather than the boot manager. Once >you get the system booted you can install the boot manager with: > >boot0cfg -B -o packet adX > >where adX is the appropriate disk device. Aha! Thanks. I think I've got some reading up to do... In the end I ran out of time, so created a small partition and installed a minimal Debian thereon. Grub boots into 5.4 and all's well with the world. However, for the sake of completeness and to provide an answer for the next poor sod who meets this problem, I'll overwrite Debian and try the above. -- JH-R