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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!news.belwue.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!nadia.s.bawue.de!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: 2.0.5R: no way to disklabel hd :-( Organization: private FreeBSD site Message-ID: <DB347J.2E8@luva.lb.bawue.de> References: <DB26F2.8n@luva.lb.bawue.de> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 10:38:07 GMT Lines: 32 In article <DB26F2.8n@luva.lb.bawue.de>, Michael Giegerich <migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de> wrote: > >I've installed FreeBSD-2.0.5-RELEASE via ftp onto a 1gig IBM >drive using the updated boot.flp. Installation was ok. > >When I tried to reboot, the system returned the error `Missing >operating system'. >So I booted from another FBSD-hd and used this drive to boot >from the newly installed system (using hd(1,a)/kernel). This >worked (checked the installation: all was there). >Then I spent the whole day trying to disklabel the disk in order >to make it boot by itself - alas, without any luck :-((( Well, it turned out to be a problem of the AHA1742 controller. When installing, the install program did warn about the disk geometry not being compatible with the BIOS. I then used a geometry I looked up from a dual channel Adaptec system with the same IBM drive. In fact, the install program didn't produce any more warnings about the disk geometry... But as said before - the problem persisted :-( This morning I formatted the disk with MS-DOS, then looked at the disk geometry MS-DOS was using and for sure it did use one I didn't try before. To make the long story short: with this disk geometry the in- stallation went well and the system booted from the hard drive by itself. -- Michael Giegerich, E-Mail: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de, Voice: +49 7144 39337