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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.conterra.com!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news1.ni.net!usenet From: stephen@sysconi.org (Stephen White) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Getting BSDI 2.1 to boot from SCSI HD/Adaptec 2940W Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 07:07:15 GMT Organization: Network Intensive Lines: 54 Message-ID: <4mcba9$n6t@news1.ni.net> References: <4m6js0$49u@news.inforamp.net> Reply-To: stephen@sysconi.org NNTP-Posting-Host: sysconi.sysconi.org X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Dont feel bad ive been talking to BSDI for 5 days now, they wanted me to ship the system too them, but my time line on this project is too small. So I pulled a 1540cf out of stock and am using that and latter ill build another system and ship it to BSDI. What Motherboard are you using and did you get an error no BSDI label ?. I tried an older 2940 and it does not say no bsdi label it just does the same as youe fail at boot. Also did you try the new boot disks from there ftp site, maybe try that, you will have to call BSDI for a pass code to down load it frist fron bsdi/patches/floppies/. Hope you have better luck than i did. markjr@shmooze.net (markjr@shmooze.net) wrote: >Well after the install prog kept hanging I finally managed to get >it onto the system, except it doesn't want to boot from the HD. >I've tried various things, booting from floppy, changing root >device to sd0, mount -u / so it's writable. Then running >disksetup -B sd0, which always seems to exit without complaing, >but doesn't seem to help. >BSD/OS is the only os on the HD, and I read something in the >release notes that sometimes a BSD only install, on adaptec >adapters won't boot `cause it expects to find a BSD partition >in the fdisk table -and contact tech support. My vendor has >tried their best, but I'm still stuck. From where I'm sitting >it seems I'm just missing an MBR to kickstart everything, >but if someone would explain to me like I'm a four-year-old >how to install it, or an fdisk table, it would be great. >(I've been playing around with disksetup and bootany to no avail) >I guess one important note, is i've tried re-installing a couple >times, but after it loads everything, it seems to hang before that >magical part where it asks you about boot options. So I just need >to know what was _supposed_ to happen there. >Any tips would be great. >-- >|||| mark jeftovic ||||| http://www.shmooze.net/~markjr |||| >|||| p r i v a t e w o r l d ||||| "Live Wild or Die" |||| >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > the !*@# 'n Shmooze* http://www.shmooze.net/ *It ain't Compuserve bAbY stephen@sysconi.com Stephen White Temecula Califonia U.S.A