Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 16 May 1999 23:19:10 +0200 (SAST)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        adepoo@tamnet.com.mx (Alberto de Poo Bas)
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: disk error
Message-ID:  <199905162119.XAA03812@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990516113809.28228C-100000@correo.tamnet.com.mx> from Alberto de Poo Bas at "May 16, 1999 11:40:41 am"

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> I have the following error at boot up
> 
> Disk error 0x1 (lba=0x299cd0)
> No /boot/loader
> 
> If I reformat to use ALL the disk for FreeBSD (no 62 sectors at front)
> then this error don't show.
> 
> I need to have one FreeBSD partition and one DOS partition in this disk.
> 
> The same error show with a couple of other disks, all of them Seagate
> Medallist IDE (one is 8GB and the other 2 4GB)

A disk error 0x1 indicates that at attempt was made to read above disk
cylinder 1023 using the BIOS.  You must ensure that your FreeBSD /
filesystem is completely within the cylinder 1023 limit that the BIOS
imposes, if you want to boot from your hard drive.

-- 
Robert Nordier


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199905162119.XAA03812>