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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.bluesky.net!news.sprintlink.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!phoenix.phoenix.net!pflores From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help: Can not boot 2.0.5R Date: 12 Jun 1995 04:09:42 GMT Organization: Phoenix Data Systems Lines: 63 Message-ID: <3rgem6$2dc@gryphon.phoenix.net> References: <3rg4qa$lta@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.phoenix.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chun-Yang Chiu (cchiu@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote: : Hi all: : I am trying to upgrade from 2.0R to 2.0.5R. However, after I have : successfully install 2.0.5R(according to the installation program), I can : not boot. :( I partitioned my HD(850mb WD IDE) as followed: : Offset Size End Name Ptype DESC Subtype flag : 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0 : wd0s1 63 614817 614879 wd0s1 2 fat 6 : wd0s2a 614880 955584 1570463 wd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C> : wd0s3b 1570464 96768 1557231 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 > : Labelling is as followed: : Part Mount Size Newfs : wd0s1 <NONE> 300MB * : wd0s2a / 466MB Y : wd0s3b swap 47MB : In fact, I was installing 2.0.5R over the old 2.0R partition. I also choosed : to use the boot manager that was in the installation program of 2.0.5R. : Well, I did not choose to have 2 partition for / and /usr, I opted for one : single partition for /. wd0s1 is my DOS partition. My motherboard supports : LBA, and is using Award bios. I have tried to install and boot with both LBA : on and LBA off(I dont know if that's the problem). Well, right now, I am : just stucked. When I boot, I get the following message: : partition is out of reach from the bios. : By the way, I did not change the geometry of the HD. I used the geometry : that was detected by the installation program. Has anyone else encountered : the same problem? It puzzles me because I ran 2.0R fine, and I am just : installing 2.0.5R over the old 2.0R partition, and now the partition is : out of reach? Anyways, any help/clue very very greatly appreciated. Thank : you very much. : Regards, : Chun Chiu : -------------------------------- : email: cchiu@uclink.berkeley.edu I, too am Using the 850 Meg WD drive, and also installed into the exisiting partition of FreeBSD. I was upgrading from 041295-SNAP.... Tryed keeping the old Boot Manager and the New one, but I'm still no closer to getting it working. :< BTW, I noticed when I booted, that all the installed files from the previous install where still there! WHY do I HAVE to re-install everything with this version of the install program? (Sombody had to gripe!!! ;> ) Perhaps I need to back up my dos drive and re-partition the whole thing? HELP! I want my FreeBSD machine back!!! Paul