On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:06:14 -0500, arf wrote:
Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk.
Check Bios settings - AMI Bios set to Auto shows
LBA mode and DMA, etc.
I'm not so sure here; what this would be good for.
Downloaded June 10 snapshot and checked md5 sums.
Installed
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:07:06 -0600, Tobias Weingartner wrote:
Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk.
what does installboot do here ? Maybe I'm simply lost or stupid.?
It installs your PBR boot block, IE: your partition boot block.
Thanks for the info ! - But still, I don't
On Thursday, June 16, Uwe Dippel wrote:
It installs your PBR boot block, IE: your partition boot block.
Thanks for the info ! - But still, I don't see how this comes into view:
the kernel was looking 'broken' at loading in the OP;
OP? What is OP?
then he wiped the MBR.
Should he
Thanks for all the suggestions. It appears to be a
problem with disk block mapping even though LBA mode
is used. In light of the suggestions, this is what I
did today:
Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk.
Check Bios settings - AMI Bios set to Auto shows
LBA mode and DMA, etc.
arf wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions. It appears to be a
problem with disk block mapping even though LBA mode
is used.
huh? What is the evidence?
In light of the suggestions, this is what I
did today:
Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk.
Check Bios settings - AMI
arf wrote:
I am trying to install 3.7 on a cheap PC.
heh. I could use some cheap PCs of that caliber. :)
The system boots fine from the CD and installs
without problems. However, when I try to reboot
from disk, I only get:
booting hd0a:/bsd: 4729760read text: Invalid argument
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