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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!uclink.berkeley.edu!cchiu From: cchiu@uclink.berkeley.edu (Chun-Yang Chiu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Help: Can not boot 2.0.5R Date: 12 Jun 1995 01:21:14 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3rg4qa$lta@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: uclink.berkeley.edu Hi all: I am trying to upgrade from 2.0R to 2.0.5R. However, after I have successfully install 2.0.5R(according to the installation program), I can not boot. :( I partitioned my HD(850mb WD IDE) as followed: Offset Size End Name Ptype DESC Subtype flag 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0 wd0s1 63 614817 614879 wd0s1 2 fat 6 wd0s2a 614880 955584 1570463 wd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C> wd0s3b 1570464 96768 1557231 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 > Labelling is as followed: Part Mount Size Newfs wd0s1 <NONE> 300MB * wd0s2a / 466MB Y wd0s3b swap 47MB In fact, I was installing 2.0.5R over the old 2.0R partition. I also choosed to use the boot manager that was in the installation program of 2.0.5R. Well, I did not choose to have 2 partition for / and /usr, I opted for one single partition for /. wd0s1 is my DOS partition. My motherboard supports LBA, and is using Award bios. I have tried to install and boot with both LBA on and LBA off(I dont know if that's the problem). Well, right now, I am just stucked. When I boot, I get the following message: partition is out of reach from the bios. By the way, I did not change the geometry of the HD. I used the geometry that was detected by the installation program. Has anyone else encountered the same problem? It puzzles me because I ran 2.0R fine, and I am just installing 2.0.5R over the old 2.0R partition, and now the partition is out of reach? Anyways, any help/clue very very greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Regards, Chun Chiu -------------------------------- email: cchiu@uclink.berkeley.edu