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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: kenobi@pobox.com (Obi-Wan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP - unable to boot after install Date: 28 May 1996 10:27:35 GMT Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 66 Message-ID: <4oeken$dgt@nntp1.best.com> References: <31A8FBF2.2DD3@ucla.edu> <31AAD201.3477@ucla.edu> Reply-To: kenobi@pobox.com (Obi-Wan) NNTP-Posting-Host: kenobi.vip.best.com In <31AAD201.3477@ucla.edu>, Hook Hua <hookh@ucla.edu> writes: >Hook Hua wrote: >> >> After following all of the instructions for installation from the Walnut >> Creek FreeBSD 2.1 CD-ROM, my system won't boot up from the HDD. At the >> boot prompt >> >> Boot: >> | >> >> my system would freeze! Everytime. The actual installation goes through >> fine. But when it prompts me to reboot, this problem would occur. >> Normally, the | after the Boot: prompt would spin clock-wise. But on my >> system, it just displays | and then freezes. >> >> I have no problems booting up from the installing floopy. Could the >> problem be somthing with the kernel on the HDD? I noticed that before it >> reboots my system, I would see >> >> sycning ... 1 2 3 ....done >> >> and then it would freeze. >> >> I have gone through the installation process a total of 15 times trying >> numerous combinations and options but the problem still persists. >> Any suggestions as to what could be wrong would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Hook Hua > >Sorry, I didn't make myself clear enough in my last post. My boot >problem right after installation occurs everytime I run through the >FreeBSD installation. I've done just about every option there is...from >Novice to Custom...User to X-user to Minimal install...Checked the disk >Geometry, booted from DOS-> install, booted from boot.flp--> install. I >did everything I could think off..read all of the FAQ's and docs on >CD-ROM and WWW...no luck. Is there something so obvious that I am not >noticeing? The FreeBSD 2.1 is being installed on: > >AMD 486DX4 100MHz >Promise 2300+ EIDE controller >16MB RAM >120MB Conner IDE <-- small HDD used to test BSD installation >SB16ASP <--> Matsushita/Panasonic 2X CD-ROM >11/94 Award BIOS > >The whole HDD is devoted to FreeBSD. Why does FreeBSD allocate the first >39 sectors or so on the HDD and then use sector 39 and on for the >FreeBSD partition...is that where the MBR goes I presume. Anyhow, any >help at this point would be greatly appreciated. > >Hook Hua Okay, I'm not a FreeBSD expert, but I've had this problem, and have a very similar set up. The problem is the Promise 2300+, which I have, and it's conflict with the BIOS, mine was an AmiWINBIOS. You need to get a controller with out an external-translating BIOS, I swapped my Promise out with a cheaper DTC 2278 card, and it works. I actually upgraded my motherboard at the time, so I'm not sure if even the DTC and the Ami BIOS work, but it does work with an Award BIOS. Anyway, I hope that helps, pretty much you just need to downgrade your controller card. Obi-Wan E-mail: kenobi@pobox.com Homepage: http://pobox.com/~kenobi/