Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:22:48 +0100 (CET) From: Paul Dekkers <psd@cgu.nl> To: FreeBSD Mailinglist <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Missing operating system with 40MB disk... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990310221643.3089A-100000@chippie.cgu>
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Hi I have an 40MB harddisk (Seagate ST157A) as primary IDE master for my root. I have exactly the problem as in the FAQ, but I can't say the disk I'm using is a large disk. When booting the system it complains "Missing operatingsystem" when using a standard MBR, and when using "BootEasy" I get the "F?" prompt after "F1 FreeBSD" (which I can't use...) When using an bootdisk I can simply use wd(0,a)kernel on the boot: prompt to boot the system - it then works normally. What disk geometry concerned everything seems normal: when using ide_conf.exe it repotrs the same geometry for all modes (bios, controller, ocontroller after reset). Geometry is CHS=560/6/26, set up with the BIOS IDE auto-detection and USER-option. What can be wrong? I tried almost everything (also different boot-managers) - I think it can't be hardware, and everything should work... (I remember I once ran Linux on that disk, and LILO booted without any problem...) I hope there is a solution for the problem... I'd really like to have this disk the boot-disk... Thank you in advance, Paul -- Paul Dekkers E-Mail: <P.Dekkers@cgu.nl> To err is human, to moo bovine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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