Re: Should newfs include -S 4096? was Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3

2012-11-24 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012, free...@johnea.net wrote: One of the complications was getting old metadata off of the drive. After trying a couple of 'dd' invocations: # overwriting the first sector dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ada0 bs=512 count=1 # also tried overwriting the last sector diskinfo ada0 | cut -

Should newfs include -S 4096? was Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3

2012-11-23 Thread freebsd
On 2012-11-20 21:10, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, free...@johnea.net wrote: > >> On 2012-11-20 14:28, Gary Aitken wrote: >>> On 11/20/12 13:34, free...@johnea.net wrote: >> freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RC3 >> ... "Not UFS" "No ada0" "No boot" >> >>> >>> Seems like it isn'

Re: gpt booting (Was: Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3)

2012-11-21 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Arthur Chance wrote: On 11/21/12 05:11, Warren Block wrote: gptboot looks for the first UFS partition. Maybe /boot/boot can be modified to do that also. It's a little more complicated than that Warren. AIUI gptboot first looks (in partition order) for partitions with bo

gpt booting (Was: Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3)

2012-11-21 Thread Arthur Chance
On 11/21/12 05:11, Warren Block wrote: gptboot looks for the first UFS partition. Maybe /boot/boot can be modified to do that also. It's a little more complicated than that Warren. AIUI gptboot first looks (in partition order) for partitions with both the bootme and bootonce attributes set.

Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3

2012-11-20 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, free...@johnea.net wrote: On 2012-11-20 14:28, Gary Aitken wrote: On 11/20/12 13:34, free...@johnea.net wrote: freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RC3 ... "Not UFS" "No ada0" "No boot" Seems like it isn't supposed to work for 9.1-RC2 I previously used binary update t

Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3

2012-11-20 Thread freebsd
On 2012-11-20 14:28, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 11/20/12 13:34, free...@johnea.net wrote: >> freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RC3 ... >> "Not UFS" "No ada0" "No boot" > > Seems like it isn't supposed to work for 9.1-RC2 > I previously used binary update to migrate from 9.0 to 9.1, via: freebsd-upd

Re: boot problem after freebsd-update from 9.1-RC2 to 9.1-RC3

2012-11-20 Thread Gary Aitken
On 11/20/12 13:34, free...@johnea.net wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently installed a 9.1-RC2 system using gmirror with MBR, and swap in > first bsdlabel. > > orsbackup# gpart show > =>63 3907029104 mirror/gm0 MBR (1.8T) >63 63 - free - (31k) >

RE: boot problem

2011-04-21 Thread Yavuz Maşlak
Attached sata Disk. it is not usb Namely, The sata disk is attached to new machine. It is connected by sata cable. On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, Yavuz Maşlak wrote: > I have a freebsd7 box. I also have another PC . I removed the disk from > freebsd installed machine and fixed it to the another P

Re: boot problem

2011-04-21 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, Yavuz Maşlak wrote: I have a freebsd7 box. I also have another PC . I removed the disk from freebsd installed machine and fixed it to the another PC. How is it connected? USB? It Works but there is a problem. While opening the server it waits at boot FreeBSD/i386 boot

Re: boot problem after custom kernel

2007-08-06 Thread Alain G. Fabry
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:29:14PM +1000, Paul Fraser wrote: > Alain G. Fabry wrote: > >First 'unload kernel' followed by 'boot /boot/kernel.GENERIC/kernel', but > >it mentions > >that it cannot find the kernel. > > > > > > >What can I do to boot my GENERIC kernel so I can rebuild from it and m

Re: boot problem after custom kernel

2007-08-05 Thread Paul Fraser
Alain G. Fabry wrote: First 'unload kernel' followed by 'boot /boot/kernel.GENERIC/kernel', but it mentions that it cannot find the kernel. What can I do to boot my GENERIC kernel so I can rebuild from it and my system will boot normal again. Hi Alain, Try replacing 'kernel.GENERIC' wi

Re: boot problem after custom kernel

2007-08-05 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
Alain G. Fabry wrote: First 'unload kernel' followed by 'boot /boot/kernel.GENERIC/kernel', but it mentions that it cannot find the kernel. try, at loader prompt: unload kernel load /boot/kernel.old/kernel boot -- Phil

Re: Boot problem after GEOM setup

2007-04-21 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 11:39 -0400, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > Following the doc below, I am trying to mirror an existing disk, ad0, > which holds the root and /usr partitions (a second disk holds /var). I > have an exact same disk in as ad2 in the system and did everything in > this document top s

Re: Boot problem

2006-06-27 Thread Steve Kargl
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:49:59AM -0700, Winston wrote: > > Any hint? > Find a live cd and boot it. Mount partition and edit files that you munged. -- Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-06 Thread Norberto Meijome
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file system. Hi Robert, I'd get FreesB

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread nawcom
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ and specifically: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm these are all windows programs that take away the frustration of installing linux. however freebsd and any os follows the same concept when it comes to boot disks (.img) - so give raw

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 13:31 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > What resources do you have? Don't have another FreeBSD machine at this location. I have my SuSE 9.2 linux workstation and Windows 2003 server machine. > 2] Fixit CD or Fixit floppy. Available via FTP > from ftp.freebsd.org. I tried the Fi

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file system. When it happened to

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 13:31 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs > >after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the > >file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how > >to get to the f

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem RESOLVED

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Slade
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:26, Robert Slade wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 00:21, Vizion wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:31, the author Robert Slade contributed to > > the > > dialogue on- > > Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > >

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-31 Thread Robert Slade
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 00:21, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:31, the author Robert Slade contributed to the > dialogue on- > Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > > >On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 21:20, Vizion wrote: > >> On Tuesday 30 August 200

RE: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-31 Thread Robert Slade
>Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem > > > > > >Did you follow my suggestion and search the HP resources with > >freebsd and your > >model. I have had the same problem myself I am pretty certain > >it was fixed > >by changes us

RE: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vizion >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:21 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Cc: Robert Slade >Subject: Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem > > >Did you f

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 16:21, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: >On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:31, the author Robert Slade contributed to the >dialogue on- > > Is this any use: http://ezine.daemonnew

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:31, the author Robert Slade contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: >On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 21:20, Vizion wrote: >> On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:22, the author Robert Slade contributed to >> the dialogu

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Slade
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 21:20, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 13:22, the author Robert Slade contributed to the > dialogue on- > Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > > >On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:10, Vizion wrote: > >> On Tuesday 30 August 200

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Slade
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 20:10, Vizion wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:05, the author Robert Slade contributed to the > dialogue on- > Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: > > >Hiya, > > > >I've been working on this beasty on and off for so

Re: Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Vizion
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 12:05, the author Robert Slade contributed to the dialogue on- Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem: >Hiya, > >I've been working on this beasty on and off for some time. It's a Quad >processor 1 Gbyte of memory and 5 scsi drives using t

Proliant 5000 sever Fbsd 5.4 (re)boot problem

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Slade
Hiya, I've been working on this beasty on and off for some time. It's a Quad processor 1 Gbyte of memory and 5 scsi drives using the 2p raid controller setup as 2 raid arrays + 1 spare. The machine works fine with 5.4 release #0 with the supplied generic kernel. The problem(s) I have been havi

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Sean
Hi guys, Just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful suggestions. Played with things and got into the geometry idea as the possible cause. Did some more work, adjusting bios and geometry settings around the disk and just a few minutes ago after yet another go at installing the laptop just boo

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 02:47 PM 8/27/2005, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: Glenn Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I doubt there's nothing wrong with the MBR per se, but if it's looking in the wrong place for the third stage loader > you'll see exactly the problem you have. Where "it's" probably refers to "boot cod

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 02:40 PM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 02:13 PM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 06:04 AM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the following example

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Glenn Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I doubt there's nothing wrong with the MBR per se, but if it's looking in the > wrong place for the third stage loader > you'll see exactly the problem you have. Where "it's" probably refers to "boot code", not to the MBR, which doesn't look for anythin

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Sean
Glenn Dawson wrote: At 02:13 PM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 06:04 AM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the following example from the handbook >> FreeBSD/i386

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. You might get better help if you include details like what you installed. > Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the > following example from the handbook > > >> FreeBSD/i386

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 02:13 PM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 06:04 AM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the following example from the handbook >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Sean
Glenn Dawson wrote: At 06:04 AM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the following example from the handbook >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: from my reading this

Re: boot problem (stage 2 boot?)

2005-08-27 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 06:04 AM 8/27/2005, Sean wrote: Just installed on a new system and I am unable to boot. Currently when that system boots it comes up with what looks like the following example from the handbook >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: from my reading this is a boot2 stage boo

Re: boot problem

2005-07-28 Thread Dmitry Mityugov
On 7/28/05, asd asd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > I have problem with booting FreeBSD 5.4 on my laptop Toshiba Satellite > 2410-304: > sometimes it boots without problem but sometimes it stops at line "uhci0: > 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> port 0xefe0-0xefff irq 11 at device

Re: Boot Problem

2005-05-07 Thread Koushik Narayanan
Sorry.My linux kernel does support ufs.Anyway for working with ufs on linux see http://ufs-linux.sourceforge.net/ Sorry for the trouble. On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:14:50 +0530, "Koushik Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks for helping.I couldn't do anything with the fixit disk.Is there > some

Re: Boot Problem

2005-05-07 Thread Koushik Narayanan
Thanks for helping.I couldn't do anything with the fixit disk.Is there some method or tool using which I can copy all files in the ufs partiton to some other partition using DOS,Windows,or Linux(my kernel won't support ufs.) .Something like ltools which allows me to copy,delete files in ext2 partit

Re: Boot Problem

2005-05-05 Thread Emanuel Strobl
Am Freitag, 6. Mai 2005 03:59 schrieb Koushik Narayanan: > Hello, > I have a PC with Windows XP,FreeBSD-5.3 and Linux(Fedora).I use GRUB as > my boot manager and I boot into FreeBSD using chainloader. > I have XP and FreeBSD on primary partitions.I had a linux primary > partion apart from these.I w

Re: Boot problem with freebsd 5.3

2005-03-14 Thread Jason Henson
On 03/14/05 16:15:14, cell wrote: hello , i have problem when i boot with freebsd 5.3 since i have had a power cut .The message of the error is : error 16 Iba 191 No /boot/loader FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: error 16 Iba 191 No /kernel I don't know if the hard disk is endomm

Re: Boot problem with SATA

2005-02-09 Thread Derrick Ryalls
> I've problem with booting my PC. The hardward is (something like) > > AMD FX 55 > Two SATA disk with Nvidia NForce 3 for raid > One disk IDE. > > The Two SATA disk is for WinXP > > I want install some real OS in the IDE disk, but the problem is I don't > know how I can choose boot device. When

Re: Boot Problem

2003-10-25 Thread Kris Davidson
Okay I've checked my BIOS. I'm using Phoenix BIOS Setup version 4.0 with the bwlo versions BIOS Version: R216B1 EC BIOS Version: R216B1 Video BIOS Version: BOAM7_12 I can't seem to find the option specified below or something similar. Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: It seems that fwohci registers ar

Re: Boot Problem

2003-10-25 Thread Hidetoshi Shimokawa
It seems that fwohci registers are not mapped correctly. If your BIOS has a option for `PnP OS', try to set it to 'no'. /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa \/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key: http://www.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~simokawa/pgp.html At Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:32:30 +0100, Kris Davidson wrote: > > I'm

Re: Boot Problem

2003-10-25 Thread Kris Davidson
I'm trying to install 5.1 release and am in the process of downloading version 4.8 Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote: Which version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa \/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key: http://www.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~simokawa/pgp.html At Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:

Re: Boot Problem

2003-10-25 Thread Hidetoshi Shimokawa
Which version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa \/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key: http://www.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~simokawa/pgp.html At Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:19:56 +0100, Kris Davidson wrote: > > This may be a complete newbie question, or it may have been answered >

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Rich Morin
At 10:52 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: My definition of speed is a concept based on how long it takes for the prompt to return after I press the enter key. A fast HD helps. ... The 300 MHz PII I've been running has been totally satisfactory, in terms of speed, except that I have a Perl/Tk

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Kent Stewart
On Friday 30 May 2003 10:25 am, Rich Morin wrote: > At 10:04 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: > >No, you didn't understand. The ATA cards appear like a scsi to the bios. > >To boot from an add in ATA card, you have to choose scsi boot. > > I'll look into this. However, I haven't seen any way

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Rich Morin
At 10:04 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: No, you didn't understand. The ATA cards appear like a scsi to the bios. To boot from an add in ATA card, you have to choose scsi boot. I'll look into this. However, I haven't seen any way to request this in the SETUP screens. Anything I should look

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Kent Stewart
On Friday 30 May 2003 09:50 am, Rich Morin wrote: > At 7:29 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: > >I use the Promise TX2 and Maxtor pci cards in several systems. I > >just dropped them in and they worked. You would have to boot scsi. > > ^^^

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Rich Morin
At 7:29 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: I use the Promise TX2 and Maxtor pci cards in several systems. I just dropped them in and they worked. You would have to boot scsi. So, you're saying that I can't boot from an ATA driv

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-31 Thread Kent Stewart
On Friday 30 May 2003 02:45 am, Rich Morin wrote: > At 2:05 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: > >Did you try doing it in /boot/loader.conf. > > The man page indicates that I can set assorted variables in this file, > so perhaps I could put in a line such as: > >hw.ata.ata_dma=0 > > If so, t

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-30 Thread Rich Morin
At 2:05 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote: Did you try doing it in /boot/loader.conf. The man page indicates that I can set assorted variables in this file, so perhaps I could put in a line such as: hw.ata.ata_dma=0 If so, the sysctl.conf(5) man page should be amended to indicate the fact. N

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-30 Thread Kent Stewart
On Friday 30 May 2003 01:54 am, Rich Morin wrote: > At 9:40 PM -0400 5/29/03, Jud wrote: > >This was a common problem along about 4.5-4.6. Upgrade to at least > >4.7, see if it helps; the cause of the common problem was fixed in > >4.7- prerelease. > > I've been running "FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE" on my

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-30 Thread Rich Morin
At 9:40 PM -0400 5/29/03, Jud wrote: This was a common problem along about 4.5-4.6. Upgrade to at least 4.7, see if it helps; the cause of the common problem was fixed in 4.7- prerelease. I've been running "FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE" on my production system, so I tried moving the disks over and booting.

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-30 Thread Jud
On Thu, 29 May 2003 01:35:37 -0700, Rich Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here's a bit more information on the configuration: OS: FreeBSD 4.5 Disk: Seagate Barracuda ATA II (ST320420A; 20 GB) Chips: 478 pin Celeron; 2.1 GHz 512 MB DDR DIMM (2 ea.) SiS645DX Northbridge _or_ SiS962(L) Sou

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-30 Thread Rich Morin
I have tried a couple of PCI-based IDE cards. I see messages that indicate that the motherboard is seeing the card and that the card is seeing the disk. Unfortunately, the system is not willing to boot off the disk (sigh). I have tried changing several settings, including: * Setting {Pri,Sec}

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-29 Thread Rich Morin
Here's a bit more information on the configuration: OS: FreeBSD 4.5 Disk: Seagate Barracuda ATA II (ST320420A; 20 GB) Chips: 478 pin Celeron; 2.1 GHz 512 MB DDR DIMM (2 ea.) SiS645DX Northbridge _or_ SiS962(L) Southbridge The manual indicates that the motherboar

Re: Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

2003-05-29 Thread Florent DANIEL
Le Jeudi 29 Mai 2003 07:05, Rich Morin a écrit : > I recently purchased a new motherboard (ECS EliteGroup Mainboard P4S5A/DX+; > AMI BIOS) and a matching CPU (Celeron, 478 pin, 2.1 GHz) from outpost.com. > I stuffed these into an old chassis, adding a 500 W power supply and a pair > of 512 MB DDR D