Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:20:36 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: kashif@ebs.net.pk Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NO dump device defined Message-ID: <20051001162036.GA80292@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <56342.202.142.188.22.1128175746.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> References: <56342.202.142.188.22.1128175746.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com>
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--VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 10:09:06AM -0400, kashif@ebs.net.pk wrote: > Dear sir, >=20 > I've had this problem for some time, and ,when i install freebsd 5.4 on > mercury Booard then following error message occur. >=20 > > > panic: no init > > > Uptime: 2s > > > Cannot dump. No dump device defined. > > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > > - --> Press a key on the console to reboot, > > > - --> or switch off the system now. What does this have to do with the following question? > A one drives of 80GB, all exactly the same drives. >=20 > The BIOS gives me this geometry: > Cylinders: 38309 > Head: 16 > Sectors: 255 >=20 >=20 > FreeBSD says, during bootup (dmesg): > Cylinders: 9729 > Head: 255 > Sectors: 63 >=20 > Now, when i go to /stand/sysinstall, choose Index, Choose Partitioning and > choose a drive, for example ad1, i get this message: >=20 >=20 > WARNING: A geometry of 9729/16/63 for ad1 is incorrect. Using a more > likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are unsure as to > whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in the > Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. >=20 > Remember: you need to enter whatever your BIOS thinks the geometry is! For > IDE, it's what you were told in the BIOS setup. For SCSI, it's the > translation mode your controller is using. Do NOT use a ``physical > geometry''. >=20 >=20 > I did read lots on this, it seems sysinstall uses a limit of 63 sectors > and xxxxx cylinders, thus not accepting both the FreeBSD dmesg geometry > and the BIOS geometry. It then changes the geometry to: >=20 > Cylinders: 14946 > Head: 255 > Sectors: 63 > Totalling 117239MB per drive >=20 > This seems wrong to me, as the other two calculations produce 117246MB of > space. >=20 > My question: how can I force the use of either the BIOS geometry or the > geometry given by dmesg? It's almost always correct to just let sysinstall do what it wants. Does this not work? Kris --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDPrdUWry0BWjoQKURAqhHAJsFdYRG5/jGtO11lTI6zJpvqLlHXACcDloc 3M8ONNpF14LbfMN/6Zskp0A= =SWlo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb--
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