Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:30 +0100 (MET) From: Helge Oldach <Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com> To: stanb@panix.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot off of hard disk Message-ID: <200012162000.VAA01549@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> In-Reply-To: <200012161955.OAA01320@panix2.panix.com> from "stanb@panix.com" at "Dec 16, 2000 2:55:14 pm"
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stanb@panix.com: >I am trying to set up 4 almost identical HP Vectras for FreeBSD 4.2 STABLE >to use at work. 3 of them ar P75's and all is well with them. The 4th is a >PP90 (VL5/90) with a much later BIOS. > >I started out with 4 brand new Quantam 20G drives. The P75's BISO only sees >these as ~8G, but all seems to work fine in FreeBSD. I set these up, as I >normally do in "Dangerously dedicated" boot. mode. > >The P90 has many more BISO choices about the hard disk, and I have played >with many combinations of them. I have also tried useing a 4G disk on it, >I have also tried installing and creating a good bootable4 disk on one of >the other machines, then installing it in the P90. > >None of the above has resulted in a system that will boot off of the hard >disk. While we're at it again in another thread... Did you try non-DD mode? What error message do you get when booting? Helge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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