Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:25:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: Hans Christian Schneider <H.C.Schneider@Physik.Uni-Marburg.DE> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problems installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 410 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.10009121707580.2799-100000@ax1320.physik.uni-marburg.de>
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Good morning, I have got the 4.0 FreeBSD Walnut Creek CD-ROM and I haven't succeeded in installing it. The installation from the CD-ROM works just fine, but when I try to reboot the system, I get the message ``Missing Operating System''. (Actually, I have copied this from Greg Lehey's website. Unfortunately, he only provides the question, not the answer.) My hardware is a Dell Precsion 410 with a 350MHz Pentium with 64 MB memory. I have two SCSI controllers: 1) Adaptec AIC-7890 (which is 2940 U2W equivalent) with a Quantum Viking II 4.5 MB. 2) Adaptec AIC-7880 (2940 UW equivalent) for CD-ROM and ZIP drive. I also have a Maxtor 20 GB IDE harddrive installed as primary master. I have tried to install FreeBSD on the SCSI disk, as well as on the IDE disk. If I use a boot manager and reboot after installation from CD-ROM, I get "Missing Operating System", both on the SCSI and the IDE. If I try to install it as the only OS on the disk (I tried this with the SCSI disk), I get a "boot: " prompt and the system says "Default 0:da(0,a)/kernel". At this stage I cannot enter any loader commands. If I enter "-v" I get somehting like "Missing Kernel". The suggestions from Lehey's book: "boot 1:da(0,a)kernel" doesn't work. I have looked at the FAQ and the archive, and tried two suggestions from there: I have enabled the SCAM support in the SCSI BIOS and I have checked that the installation finds the disks, especially the SCSI as ahc0. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Christian Schneider To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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