Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:35:21 -0700 From: freebsd <freebsd@weruhl.com> To: Gunter Wambaugh <unixgeek@six-two.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader Message-ID: <42D95369.1020205@weruhl.com> In-Reply-To: <B809DAB7-160F-423D-9A57-82C478E75A20@six-two.net> References: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com> <B809DAB7-160F-423D-9A57-82C478E75A20@six-two.net>
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Gunter Wambaugh wrote: > On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also have >> Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark >> on the >> harddrive. >> >> I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I would just start over. >> Howver, >> when the laptop boots, I get the f1 DOS f2 Freebsd prompt, but I >> can't boot >> FreeBSD. Win2K boots just fine. >> >> I tried a number of things: >> 1) re-installing >> 2) fixmbf (win2K utility to restore the mbr) >> >> With no success. Any words of wisdom would be welcome. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> > > I had a similar problem last week. I had FreeBSD on the first > partition and Gentoo on the second, and couldn't boot to Gentoo. I was > able to resolve my issue by doing: > $ boot0cfg -o packet ad4 > > Thats from memory, so viewing the boot0cfg man page would be a good idea. > HTH Gunther, That did the trick. I can now boot sucessfully. Thanks! That must somehow be connected to the comment that the geom isn't sane, using more sane numbers at install time. :) Do you know anyting about X? When I try to configure it, the screen goes white (slowly), and the machine locks up. /sigh. I have never seen X do this before. Thanks for your help. Mike
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