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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!tfs.com!tfs.com!julian From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: [386BSD] Problems with new boot code (HELP!) Message-ID: <1992Oct7.082020.6278@tfs.com> Organization: TRW Financial Systems References: <1992Oct6.104110.714@sics.se> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:20:20 GMT Lines: 57 In article <1992Oct6.104110.714@sics.se> jonas@sisu.se (Jonas Lagerblad) writes: >Hello all happy 386-bsd users! > >I am a previously very content user of 386BSD, but since last night I can't >boot my computer anymore (except from the fixit floppy). > >The scenario is like this: > >I have a 50Mhz 486DX Brand X (16Mb), an adaptec 1542B, A Seagate Wren7 (1.0Gb) >on which I have been running 386BSD for the last month. The disk is partitioned >with one 200Mb DOS5 partition and one 800Mb BSD partition, and I use the >boot selection code posted quite recently by someone from Berlin (Thomas XXX). > >Most things have been >working reasonably well, but yesterday I decided to test Julian Elischer's >new scsi driver. I installed all patches needed in the kernel code, >configured a new kernel with sd0 configured as boot and swap device, everything >was fine until I tried to boot the new kernel and got an error message >from the boot code that the kernel was to big, using 386bsd.alt. > >At this point I decided to install the new boot code. I compiled it without any >problems, installed it with: >disklabel -r -w sd0 wren7 scsitst /usr/mdec/sdboot /usr/mdec/bootsd > >and after copying my /etc/disktab to the FIXIT floppy I rebooted, and >got no response at all from the new boot code. The boot selection still >works and I can boot DOS (but who wants to run DOS?), but when selecting >Unix nothing happens, and I have to do a reset of the computer (Ctrl_Alt_Del >doesn't work). > >At this point I thought OK, there is some bug in the new boot code, lets >reinstall the old code, I booted the fixit floppy, checked my file >systems and reinstalled asboot and bootas with the same command as above (s/sd/as). >Tried to reboot, but still no response from any unix boot code.. > >My disk layout is (approximately) like this: > >offset size(kb) Usage >0 200000 DOS5 partition (with boot select code) >200000 700000 /dev/sd0a >900000 100000 swap (/dev/sd0b) >200000 800000 /dev/sd0c >0 1000000 /dev/sd0d > >Does anyone have any idea of what to do to get my disk bootable again, >I have considered removing the DOS partition and installing Unix on that >partition too, to avoid the problems with bootselect (can that be the cause >of this?), but there ought to be some simpler method. > >Regards Jonas Lagerblad >-- >Jonas Lagerblad >Phone Office: +46-31-830250 Home: +46-31-205955 Car: +46-10-2846031 >FAX: +46-31-831047 >email: jonas@sisu.se