From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 9 7:37:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from webhost.omniresource.com (www.omniresource.com [207.170.23.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F75637B6A6 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 07:37:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by WEBHϪϪOST with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:35:40 -0600 Message-ID: From: GB/DEV - Doug Poland To: 'Cliff Sarginson' Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: 4.2R Installation problem -- Read Error Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:37:10 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cliff Sarginson said... > > > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 02:55:37PM -0600, GB/DEV - Doug Poland wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I just completed an install of 4.2-RELEASE on a Gateway 266 > > PII. I went through the entire config and install without > > a problem until it was time to remove the install CD and reboot. > > > > After the bios and vga boot info appears, I get a screen refresh > > and > > > > Read error > > > > as the only message. Sounds like a MBR problem? Anyone have a > > solution other than re-install? > > > A few people have had this problem. > The boot loader on 4.2 seems to be jinxed under certain circumstances. > I have been through this exhaustively.. > You have a choice: > > Choice 1: Select the standard mbr option as the boot method. > Choice 2: Boot from CD or FD and load the newly installed > kernel - then > install grub, which works very well and is simple as can be > to configure. Grub is in the ports. > > Good Luck > Cliff > Thanks Cliff, I've successfully installed grub on a boot floppy and am now trying to install it on the HD. However, I'm having a problem. Grub info page says to specify the boot device grub: root (hd0,a) grub: setup (hd0) # installs to MBR or grub: setup (hd0,a) # installs to boot sector So, am I writing to the MBR or boot sector? Next, I see a file not found error, so, following instructions I need Later in OS specific install, info page says you should use FreeBSD boot loader thusly... grub> root (hd0,a) grub> kernel /boot/loader grub> boot how do I configure grub to do this automatically? Thanks for the help, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message