On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 09:22:36AM -0700, Joesh Juphland wrote:
>
> If this is the case, that is, that it is the bios that is at fault, why is
> it that when the computer boots it gets to the F1 ... Default ... boot menu
> ? If it cannot read that drive to boot off of, why does it get there and
> try, and _then_ fail ?
Good point, I should read more carefully. That menu is in boot0 and
the error message you see is from boot1. My guess (just a guess) is
that boot1 is trying to read disks off of the bad driver. You can
still try a boot floppy. Drop '1:ad(0,a)/boot/loader' (depending on
your device numbering) in boot.config. I've done this when I put
FreeBSD on a second hard drive and don't want to mess with the MBR on
the primary disk, and it works well.
> >On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 07:23:07PM -0700, Joesh Juphland wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a machine whose primary IDE controller is blown. Only the
> >secondary
> > > works. So, I connected my single IDe drive as the secondary master, and
> > > proceeded to install FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > The install went flawlessly. I installed with the FreeBSD boot
> >manager(the
> > > first choice on that screen of three boot loader choices)
> > >
> > > When I boot, I see the F1 .. Default menu. If I wait, or if I hit
> >enter, I
> > > am told:
> > >
> > > Read error
> > >
> > > I reinstalled, and this time didn't use the freeBSD boot manager. Just
> >the
> > > normal loader. This time, after POST, it goes directly to "read error".
> > >
> > > So, what can I do to this disk to make it possible for the machine to
> >boot
> > > off what I have installed on the secondary master ? I used the fixit
> >disk
> > > to mount the drive and tried to edit things in /boot, but I cannot
> >figure
> > > out exactly what to change.
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