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From: schlacjs@lab35.cs.purdue.edu (Jason Schlachet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't get FreeBSD to Boot!
Date: 18 Oct 1995 17:39:22 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
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Jim King (jim.king@mail.sstar.com) wrote:
: january@thymaster.interaccess.com (January) wrote:
: >*grr* this is an annoying problem. I just installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 onto my
: >hard disk. Problem is, it won't boot. If I hit enter at the Boot: prompt,
: >all that happens is
: >|
: >sits in the corner of the screen -- doesn't spin or anything. I've tried
: >booting with a bootdisk and pointing it to wd(0,a)/kernel, but that
: >didn't work either.
: >Could it be because this is on a 1.2G EIDE drive (with an EIDE
: >controller, of course), and the FreeBSD partition starts above 1024 cyl?
: I get the same thing. I've tried installing on the second partition
: of a 1.6 GB EIDE drive, and as the sole partition on a 540 MB EIDE
: drive - same results as yours both times.
I get that exact same behavior on my 486dx2/66 (8mg ram) with both my
420mb and 275mb ide drives (on a vlb controller)
Has anybody come up with any hints/fixes for this?
Jason
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