From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 3 03:52:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38265106566B for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jahan@bol-online.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC178FC12 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:52:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so194518qwb.7 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:52:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.115.15 with SMTP id g15mr157729qcq.14.1259812333529; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:52:13 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [115.127.8.86] In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33C6B981@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33C6B981@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:52:13 +0600 Message-ID: From: Aftab Jahan Subedar To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: "missing operating system" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:52:15 -0000 U can safely use the sysinstall to go to fdisk to view the partition table. There set bootable yes press 'w' to write answer if u want boot mgr or not should help. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Peter Steele wrote: > Okay, so I've seen this error many times and its cause has always been > clear. In this case I'm stumped. I've got a 3U SuperMicro server with 16 > drives hooked up to two 3Ware controllers. The drives are configured into > two logical drives da0 and da1. I've installed a FreeBSD 8.0 OS on da0 but > when I boot the box I'm seeing this error. I've swapped the RAID slots in > the BIOS boot list to make sure the BIOS has the right entry for what I > think is da0 listed first. I can boot the system with a USB stick and have > verified that the OS is installed correctly: > > root@:~> > # mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt > root@:~> > # ll /mnt > total 68 > drwxr-xr-x 22 root wheel 512 Dec 2 15:58 . > drwxr-xr-x 24 root wheel 512 Dec 2 15:44 .. > -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 798 Nov 10 06:04 .cshrc > -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 182 Dec 2 11:39 .profile > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6206 Nov 10 06:04 COPYRIGHT > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9 Dec 1 22:31 VERSION > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 10 06:02 bin > drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 512 Dec 1 22:31 boot > dr-xr-xr-x 6 root wheel 2048 Dec 2 11:22 dev > drwxr-xr-x 21 root wheel 2048 Dec 2 11:39 etc > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 1 22:31 home > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 1536 Nov 10 06:03 lib > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 10 06:02 libexec > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 10 06:02 media > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 2 11:39 mnt > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Dec 1 22:31 opt > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Nov 10 06:02 proc > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 8192 Nov 10 06:03 rescue > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 1 22:31 root > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 5632 Nov 10 06:03 sbin > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Nov 10 06:04 sys -> usr/src/sys > drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 Nov 10 06:36 tmp > drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 Nov 10 06:36 usr > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Dec 2 11:37 var > > What's more puzzling to me is that I have another identical system that was > purchased a few weeks ago and I have successfully installed the OS on that > box without seeing this error. I'm thinking there might be some kind of BIOS > setting that is different between the two boxes but I'm not really sure if > that explains what's going on. > > Does anyone have any suggestions what I could do to troubleshoot this > problem? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Aftab Jahan Subedar CEO/Software Engineer Subedar Technologies Ltd Subedar Baag Bibir Bagicha #1 North Jatra Bari Dhaka 1204 Bangladesh 88027554546 8801552635208 8801190753891 Radio: S21ST cc. kindly see the recipients address list