Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:43:06 -0700 From: "Issakov, Adriana" <AIssakov@CHW.edu> To: "'support@cdrom.com'" <support@cdrom.com> Cc: "Serge Issakov (E-mail)" <serge@bluebird.com> Subject: no subject Message-ID: <978B3AFA2010D111978A0020AFFA5D5724311E@SMSD-MSG-01>
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Having trouble booting from a new installation of FreeBSD 2.2.6.
Specifications:
486DX2
16MB RAM
2559.8 MB IDE DRIVE (Western Digital Caviar 22500)
Jumper setting is single drive
Drive parameters: 4960 cyl / 16 heads / 63 spt
I have installed FreeBSD at least 10 times without boot success.
Here's what I've done so far...
1) Made the boot floppy (makeflp.bat)
2) Booted machine with boot floppy (cdrom #1 in drive)
Scenario #1
Used the "whole" drive for FreeBSD, installation goes great and then
when rebooting,
I get a READ ERROR
Scenario #2
Created a 500MB DOS partition and then a 1.9GB FreeBSD partition.
Installed the Boot Manager.
Again, installation goes great and then when rebooting,
I get an option to select which partition to boot and pressing
F2 does nothing.
I read about this type of error in the FreeBSD book that came with this
media on page 85. It talks about
checking your drive geometry. I have done that (several times), but
machine still won't boot after installation.
I talked to your Tech Support Desk, who suggested I send this email. I
would appreciate your help!
Thnanks in advance!
Adriana Issakov
ScrippsHealth, Information Services
4275 Campus Point Court
San Diego, CA 92121
(619)678-6588
aissakov@chw.edu
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