Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:55:09 +0300 From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot hangs after install 4.8 Message-ID: <200307031155.h63BtFI27901@lv.raad.tartu.ee> In-Reply-To: <3F03A22D.7000908@users.sourceforge.net> References: <44y8zhc9j5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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> From: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> > >>I have just installed FreeBSD 4.8 on a PC. Only FreeBSD, no other OS. > >>The installation goes all well; I exit at the end and the PC boots. > >>Immediately after the BIOS stuff, I get the first FreeBSD prompt: > >> > >> > >> F1 FreeBSD > >> > >> Default: F1 Snip... > FDISK Partition Editor (with "A = Use Entire Disk"): > DISK Geometry: 21858 cyls/34 heads/54 sectors = 40131288 sectors (19595MB) > Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags > 0 54 53 - 6 unused 0 > 54 40131234 40131287 ad0s1 3 freebsd 165 C I suspect you need to set ad0s1 slice bootable (using S key in fdisk screen). Flags should be CA, not simply C. -- Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * @dress: A garment worn by some people when emailing at home.
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