Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:28:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd copy of FreeBSD-7.2 won't boot Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906230927390.55064@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090623032742.M54551@ezo.net>
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> I have a remote server that was dd copied from one hard drive to another - > essentially the same size. The disk device name (ad4) is the same but the > geometry for the new drive has a CHS of 969021/16/63 > > On booting it hangs at: > > F1 FreeBSD > Boot: F1 > > I copied the MBR with 'boot0cfg -B -opacket ad4' just to be sure but no joy. > fbsd fdisk reports start 63, with CHS beg: 0/1/1 end: 1023/15/63. > > Any help on direction to solve this? > try fdisk -B /dev/ad0 but even better next time don't make slices, only disklabel. It just make life simpler. I still don't understand why sysinstall by default create them. It should be only used when windoze has to be run from the same diskhome | help
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