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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!news.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: JAZZ DRIVE INSTALL Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 22:36:50 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 34 Message-ID: <31FAD242.446B9B3D@mindspring.com> References: <31FA4AF0.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> <31FA9A47.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-25-139.dialup.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Ron Bolin wrote: > > Ron Bolin wrote: > > > > Is there any know problems or workarounds for installing FreeBSD 2.1R or > > 2.1.5R > > on a single drive system LUN 0. I tried today for the first time and I > > get a 36 error code after it attempts to make the NEWFS. These ate 1.0 > > GB drives. > Well I found out what was wrong. The 1GB media was defective right out > of > the box. > > I have now installed FreeBSD 2.1R on th JAZ 1GB SCSI drive, but can't > get > it to boot yet. > > Ron Well FreeBSD will install, but it won't boot even from floppy doing sd(0,a)/kernel. I get Error: C: H: S:, which comes from dosboot (disk.c) where FreeBSD is trying to read the disk parameters from the BIOS. I can mount the disk using the fixit disk as well as do an fsck. It just won't boot from eitehr sd0 or sd1. Anyone tried to get a JAZ drive to work as the boot disk? Ron -- **************************************************************************** Ron Bolin: rlb@mindspring.com,matrlbx@indigo4.cs.gsu.edu * Home: 770-992-8877 UNIX System Specialist * ****************************************************************************