Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 01:56:33 -0500 (EST) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Marc Cabanatuan <mcabanatuan@wi.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD SCSI/RAID boot problem Message-ID: <20040128011431.C1089@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <4017120C.7060709@wi.rr.com> References: <4017120C.7060709@wi.rr.com>
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Marc, For some reason or another, your loader is awol. You want to attempt a binary upgrade or full re-install using the FreeBSD install CD to get the boot blocks and the loader back onto disk. If you still don't have any luck, try a newer release of FreeBSD, as 5.0-DP1 is three releases ago, is well over a year old, and many, many fixes have been put in. You're running an old developer preview release, at least go to 5.0-R... :) Regards, > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Marc Cabanatuan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alright I have posted before regarding this NetServer LH Plus w/ the > Mylex DAC960 RAID controller and the 5 disk SCSI array. > > I have managed to install FreeBSD 5.0-DP1 onto the system, however it > fails to boot. Last time it just beeped at me and did nothing, this > was solved by fixing the drive geometry with a win98 boot disk. Now > the problem is that it seems to not be finding the kernel or /boot > device or / partition. > > Error message is as follows: > > Disk error 0x1 (lba=0x45e080) > No /boot/loader > > |> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel > boot: > No /kernel > > - ------ > could this be a large block assignment problem where a lowlevel format > could be necessary? > > other than that, im out of ideas. a fellow from italy approached me > stating he has a similar machine and looks like he as well is having > similar problems (but managed to get 4.9 on there). > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > marc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAFxIMQXmDWC9ByjIRAvXmAKCsDHzCp0Z5W3SwD2ERZE+/6ftWngCg8G5z > jfoVQNFlujgbV3yWaZ1OY1I= > =tNgV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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