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From: heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: HELP: Boot Problems!
Date: 14 Jun 1997 21:40:34 GMT
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   I have a Micron Millennia P200 with Pheon ix bios.  I have an Adaptec
2940AU adapter ( 1997 manufacture ) and a seagate barracuda drive.

  I've installed Freebsd 2.1.7, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 on this machine.  The
installation is fine every time.  I just can't boot the darn machine.
It will just hang after the drive seek and after it accesses the harddisk
if I use the standard boot loader.  If I used the booteasy I get the F1
prompt, but whenever I hit it, it just returns me to the same prompt.

  I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't some strange bug in the bootloader
code. ( It works fine with NT and W95, dos ...etc.. they say it is the first
drive. )  Perhaps a bug in the 2940AU code... since this card doesn't show
up on some versions ( I think 2.1.5 ) even though an old 2940U card does
show up.

  I'm getting rather frustrated at the whole thing.  I also recall that
the sysinstall program said I had an invalid geometry. ( Which can't be 
wrong since it IS what the scsi bios says it is ).

  Any ideas on how to get around this?

 (I can boot the harddrive if I use the loader off of a floppy.)


Karl