> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steve Bertrand > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:58 PM > To: 'Chuck Swiger' > Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' > Subject: RE: ICH6-R > > > > > - During install (this time it's 6.0-RELEASE as of Nov. 3), > > I have 3 > > > selections to select from when FDISKing etc: ad4, ad6 and ar0. > > > > > > - I select ad0 to configure as this is the bootable RAID > volume, and > > ^^^ ...? > > > everything installs perfectly fine. I then proceed to > > reboot the box, > > > and a blinking cursor appears in the top-left side of the > > screen, as > > > if BSD wants to boot, but nothing ever happens. > > > > If you've configured or enabled a RAID setup in the BIOS, then ar0 > > ought to be the device you should use. > > Yes, I have RAID-1 configured in the BIOS for SATA drives. My > other servers (using either Promise cards, or software RAID > on IDE) are all ar0, so I figured this would be right/ > > > If you are trying to install to a drive in normal, non-RAID > mode, then > > ad0 (if you have it) would be the choice. If you've got static ATA > > numbering enabled in the kernel and you've got no parallel > ATA devices > > attached, only SATA, then > > ad4 might be right. > > All drives are SATA, not PATA. I have tried to boot off of > ad4, and ad6 respectively to no avail. I'm going to try one > more install disabling RAID and popping out one of the 2 SATA > drives in the system to see if that will work, although I'm > certain I've tried that before.
Ok, I've made it a little farther now. I booted off the CD and went straight to the loader prompt. I then unloaded the CD's kernel, and did: # load disk1s1a:/boot/kernel/kernel # boot It then dropped me into the mountroot> prompt, in which I typed: # ufs:ad4s1a ...and up it came. So, I can get the machine running, but only if I manually load the proper kernel, then manually specify the root device. I verified that /etc/fstab shows the proper file systems to be mounted. Apparently, either this is caused by the PC not actually pointing to the boot device I tell it to in BIOS, or no remnants of FBSD are being found on the disk. At least now I know that it *can* work, I just have to figure out how to get it to come up itself ;) Steve > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"