Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 22:18:10 -0500 From: "Tyson V. Whitcomb" <whitcomb@iquest.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.2 on Pentium w/ multile controllers and disks Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971013221810.007a96b0@pop.iquest.net>
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Dear Guru(s): I spent eight evenings trying to install the FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a pentium IBM-compatible personal computer. No luck after 24 attempts. I receive only one operating system load prompt (F1=DOS, for loading my Win 95 and Win NT 4.0) when cold or warm booting after an error free and novice FreeBSD installation. Why do I not get a second operating system load prompt for FreeBSD 2.2.2? Please help. My pentium ATT Globalyst 600 9machine has 128 MB memory and 90 MHz clock speed. Four internal disks: two ide drives, one master and one slave, on one enhanced on-board ide controller; the third ide drive mastered a second stardard on-board ide controller; and a fourth scsi drive on the first of two 2940x adaptec scsi controllers. A 6x Plextor cdrom drive, HP6000 Superstore tape drive, and Iomega 1GB external zip drive are scsi and connect to the second 2940x adaptec scsi controller. An added pci S3 video card defaults over the built-in VGA video controller. My install attempts place the boot manager on the the first drive (the mastered ide drive on the enhanced primary ide controller, drive C: MS-DOS 7.00-Windows 95a) and the FreeBSD partition correctly labeled on the third drive (the only ide drive on the second standard ide controller). The 6x Plextor cdrom is the scsi device only used during installation. There are no and were no FreeBSD partitions of any version installed on any drive (drive 1, 2 or 4), except drive3. I used the pfdisk to correctly determine drive 3's geometry (707 cylinders, 32 heads, 63 sectors = 697MB, which are normally translated by the cmos to 1416 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors = 697MB). A small MS-DOS partition was created on the third (3) ide drive, contaning the entire FreeBSD parition and all defaul labels) to help FreeBSD recognize the drive geometry as suggested. I also correct configured the kernel with the boot floppy using the visual mode resulting in no conflicts or unneeded devices. Again, no errors or usual events ocurred during a novice installaition using either customized or default settings. Even though I am new to unix and FreeBSD 2.2.2 in particular, why am I having somuch trouble just getting the FreeBSD boot PF prompt and/or loading FreeBSD. My Windows 95a and Windows NT 4.0 versions install the first time with no errors or conflicts and all the forementioned devices present and working. Please respond soon. I want to learn and use what I am told is a great os. Sincerely, Tyson V. Whitcomb whitcomb@iquest.net 317-257-8416 home tel 317-257-5886 home fax 317-843-3784 work tel Tyson Whitcomb Senior Network Consultant Whitcomb & Associates 6835 Sextant Drive Indianapolis, IN 46260-6417 317-257-8416 Tele 317-257-5886 Fax whitcomb@iguest.net e-mail
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