Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:46:11 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader won't boot freebsd slice (partially solved) Message-ID: <20031201204611.GN15894@npkfbsd> In-Reply-To: <20031201165749.GK15894@npkfbsd> References: <20031201165749.GK15894@npkfbsd>
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--A2x6GFCQWVc4i5ud Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:57:49AM -0600, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > The hard disk in my laptop went bad so I just dropped in a new one and > did a standard install, putting a small DOS partition at the beginning > on which to install the thinkpad bios configuration utility. > For some reason the freebsd bootloader will boot DOS on the first > slice, but only beeps when I try to boot to the FreeBSD slice. It would > seem that the bootloader isn't aware that there is any bootable OS at > that slice, like maybe the bootblocks on that slice are missing or > incorrect. I have already tried a complete reinstall and playing around > with marking slices as active and not. I know that the slice is has a > valid OS because I can use the install disks to boot to that slice. I > have also tried using the 'packet' option on boot0cfg to no effect. > Does anyone have any suggestions? >=20 > Thanks, > Nathan Well, the machine boots fine using GRUB, but still won't boot with the FreeBSD boot loader. So I suppose I'll continue to use GRUB, but I'm a little confused as to why the FreeBSD boot0 program isn't working. It was previously working on this same laptop with a different hard disk. So I guess the problem is solved, but I would still welcome any explanations or suggestions as to what was/is going wrong with the regular boot0 program. Thanks, Nathan --=20 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49 --A2x6GFCQWVc4i5ud Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/y6iTO0ZIEthSfkkRAsQpAJ0RZGdOrk8yWoAFt9IBwV7aGc9QTQCgvCVx h2ooObeKjwN5H6xdta9LX3s= =Ul48 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --A2x6GFCQWVc4i5ud--
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