Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-12 Thread Jerry McAllister
Will someone please explain in detail how to run the FreeBSD fdisk util outside of the freebsd installer? Please provide detailed steps. You just type fdisk devname where devname is the disk device. There are a number of flags and parameters you may need to use. Have you read the fdisk

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-12 Thread L Goodwin
I have BOTH ad0 (IDE HDD) AND da0 (SCSI device #0). I posted detailed BIOS settings and install steps in previous emails. I've attached the BIOS and SCSI BIOS settings (with footnotes). I have installed FreeBSD on da0 multiple times, each time creating a single slice/partition on da0, and

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 07:48:07PM -0700, L Goodwin wrote: Is there a way to run the FDISK tool outside of the freebds installer? How do I change the disk configuration without reinstalling freebsd every @[EMAIL PROTECTED] time? Yes, all sysinstall does is collect the information and run

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-11 Thread L Goodwin
Will someone please explain in detail how to run the FreeBSD fdisk util outside of the freebsd installer? Please provide detailed steps. What would the experts do next in this situation? I've checked and double-checked BIOS (current version is same as what I have -- 1013, so did not re-flash),

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-10 Thread Derek Ragona
At 08:14 PM 4/9/2007, L Goodwin wrote: Derek Ragona said: Go into the SCSI BIOS and reset the SCSI to default values. If it still gives the same error on bootup, I would go into the SCSI BIOS and low-level format that first drive, and reinstall FreeBSD. On the reinstall, I would just do

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-10 Thread Christian Walther
it looks as if you've an IDE Interface onboard, too. Is it possible that there are two ATA disks installed? Because the SCSI BIOS is only installed when there are less then two ATA *disks* installed. Having one Disk and one CD ROM should be fine, though. Either try removing the ATA disks, or

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-10 Thread L Goodwin
Is there a way to run the FDISK tool outside of the freebds installer? How do I change the disk configuration without reinstalling freebsd every @[EMAIL PROTECTED] time? I really want to set up a FreeBSD server and appreciate the learning experience, but it's way past the point where I should

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-09 Thread Josh Paetzel
L Goodwin wrote: Hello. I tried posting this issue a few hours ago, but it did not appear in my inbox, so I'm trying once more. I've included details of the install in case it matters (sorry about length). I'm having trouble getting FreeBSD 6.2 to boot after installation. After a

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-09 Thread Derek Ragona
At 12:56 AM 4/9/2007, L Goodwin wrote: Hello. I tried posting this issue a few hours ago, but it did not appear in my inbox, so I'm trying once more. I've included details of the install in case it matters (sorry about length). I'm having trouble getting FreeBSD 6.2 to boot after

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-09 Thread L Goodwin
Derek, Boot Virus Protection is Disabled in the BIOS. How to I make sure my SCSI BIOS is set to be bootable and has the correct disk set for booting from? Please see my SCSI BIOS settings below and advise... (I don't think this is the problem, as this machine was booting Windows 2000 Server

Re: Boot failure after installation

2007-04-09 Thread L Goodwin
Derek Ragona said: Go into the SCSI BIOS and reset the SCSI to default values. If it still gives the same error on bootup, I would go into the SCSI BIOS and low-level format that first drive, and reinstall FreeBSD. On the reinstall, I would just do the partioning for that drive, and then