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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!polo.iquest.com!vespucci.iquest.com!dougal From: dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot FreeBSD from JAZ? Date: 28 Apr 1997 18:33:03 GMT Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 45 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5k2qgv$9hq$1@polo.iquest.com> References: <5ju3ua$uuu$1@polo.iquest.com> <E9AD2y.587@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39930 Stephan Forth (stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de) wrote: : Dougal Campbell (dougal@vespucci.iquest.com) wrote: : : I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.1 on my new machine with: : : Adaptec 2940UW : : internal JAZ : : : : Everthing seems to go fine during the install, but when I go to : : actually boot it up after the install it complains that it can't mount : : the root partition, panics, and reboots. : : : : Any advice? : I am not sure. : You told the adaptec to boot form the drive wit scsi-id 4. The : installation of FreeBSD assumes that the booting drive is : /dev/sd0. Physicaly it is /dev/sd1, because you have another drive : in your computer. : Try to boot the fixit floppy and change all partitions in /etc/fstab : from /dev/sd0<something> to /dev/sd1<something> Okay, an update. I used a fixit floppy to take a look. My fstab was fine (used /dev/sd1 like it should). I think I might have done some simple stupid thing like forgetting to set the disk bootable when I partitioned (I used the dedicated option, BTW). When I boot up, I get prompted by the boot manager for FreeBSD or Second Disk. Neither option works right now. It either puts me right back at the same prompt or halts with "Missing Operating System". I also found that I can boot from the hard drive with "0:sd(1,a)/kernel". I thought I had tried that before and failed, but I must have typed something wrong the first time. So at least I can get into the system. Now I just have to find the right information to examine/fix the boot loader. Is there any way for me to get rid of the boot loader at this point without doing a complete reinstall? I think it's time for me to just break down and get the CDROM subscription :) -- Dougal Campbell | "I often wish I had more time to do things. But Systems Manager | rarely are there times that I wish I had more interQuest: Hsv, AL | things to do." dougal@iquest.com | -- Me