From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 30 16:47:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA16855 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 May 1996 16:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ki.net (root@ki.net [205.150.102.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA16839 for ; Thu, 30 May 1996 16:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by ki.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id TAA11619; Thu, 30 May 1996 19:47:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 19:47:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Kurt Kremer cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd2.1 and adaptec AHA-1522 In-Reply-To: <9605302255.AA25176@optigfx.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 May 1996, Kurt Kremer wrote: > Anyone have a problem where by the OS installs just fine > but the system doesn't even attempt to boot afterwards? > Resetting does not help. Disk is a Quantum Maverick 540Mb. > I'm running a 1522 here, and the problem is that its missing a Boot PROM, so you cannot boot from it. To get around the problem, I have my boot floppy in the machine, and when it gets to the Boot: prompt...I type 'sd(0,a)/kernel' to boot... Messy, but it works :) Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org