From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 15 17:08:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA12340 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:08:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA12160 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:06:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20488; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:05:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Mark J. Sommer" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel boot problem In-Reply-To: <35FE7C4B.D4A2411C@argotsoft.com> 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, 15 Sep 1998, Mark J. Sommer wrote: > I was going to send this to freebsd-fs but the handbook kind of points > you to this mailing list. Hope this is the right mailing list. > > The problem: > > Kernel builds fine, but during boot I get an error message similar > to: > > Error 1107 > 1023 > > and it halts the system. I'm assuming this a 1024 cylinder problem, but > I'm not certain. Yup. Stupid BIOS limits strike again. > The system is using a 3GB SCSI disk (>1024 cylinders) with an Adaptec > 2940 adapter. If the problem is because /kernel is beyond a resonable > spot on the disk, how do I move it? Any help is greatly appreciated. You need to repartition the disk and ensure that the 'a' partition remains below the 1023rd cylinder. 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