From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 16 12: 0:38 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 12:00:35 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gw-nl1.origin-it.com (gw-nl1.origin-it.com [193.79.128.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBE737B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.de.origin-it.com (localhost.origin-it.com [127.0.0.1]) by gw-nl1.origin-it.com with ESMTP id VAA29466; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:33 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com) Received: from smtprelay-de1.origin-it.com(172.16.188.53) by gw-nl1.origin-it.com via mwrap (4.0a) id xma029464; Sat, 16 Dec 00 21:00:33 +0100 Received: from mailhub.de.origin-it.com (mailhub.de.origin-it.com [172.16.189.20]) by mail.de.origin-it.com (8.9.3/8.8.5-1.2.2m-19990317) with ESMTP id VAA13312; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:32 +0100 (MET) Received: from galaxy.de.cp.philips.com (galaxy.de.cp.philips.com [130.143.166.29]) by mailhub.de.origin-it.com (8.11.1/8.11.1/hmo23oct00) with ESMTP id eBGK0VH45762; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com) Received: (from hmo@localhost) by galaxy.de.cp.philips.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/hmo14aug98) id VAA01549; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:30 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200012162000.VAA01549@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> Subject: Re: Can't boot off of hard disk In-Reply-To: <200012161955.OAA01320@panix2.panix.com> from "stanb@panix.com" at "Dec 16, 2000 2:55:14 pm" To: stanb@panix.com Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:00:30 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Helge Oldach X-Address: Atos Origin, Billstrasse 80, D-20539 Hamburg, Germany X-Phone: +49 40 7886 464, Fax: +49 40 7886 235, Mobile: +49 172 4515513 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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