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From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help: Can not boot 2.0.5R
Date: 12 Jun 1995 04:09:42 GMT
Organization: Phoenix Data Systems
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Chun-Yang Chiu (cchiu@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: 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



I, too am Using the 850 Meg WD drive, and also installed into the 
exisiting partition of FreeBSD.

I was upgrading from 041295-SNAP....

Tryed keeping the old Boot Manager and the New one, but I'm still no 
closer to getting it working. :<

BTW, I noticed when I booted, that all the installed files from the 
previous install where still there! WHY do I HAVE to re-install 
everything with this version of the install program? (Sombody had to 
gripe!!! ;> ) 

Perhaps I need to back up my dos drive and re-partition the whole thing?

HELP! I want my FreeBSD machine back!!!

Paul