From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 2 22:44:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27815 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:44:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27803 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:44:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA22502; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:44:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 22:44:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Issakov, Adriana" cc: "Serge Issakov (E-mail)" , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: no subject In-Reply-To: <978B3AFA2010D111978A0020AFFA5D5724311E@SMSD-MSG-01> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Issakov, Adriana wrote: > 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) Where is this CD connected? I don't see that on your spec sheet. > Scenario #1 > Used the "whole" drive for FreeBSD, installation goes great and then > when rebooting, > I get a READ ERROR Make sure you select to leave the drive in compatibility mode -- don't make it dedicated. Some BIOSes can't deal with dangerously dedicated disks. > I talked to your Tech Support Desk, who suggested I send this email. I > would appreciate your help! The correct address is questions@FreeBSD.org -- Walnut Creek Support isn't the main service channel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message