Are you sure it was ad2? If yes then you have fixed the drives on the secondary controller. Even I made that mistake :-)
Regards S. On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:45:34 -0400, Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:58:23 +0200, "Marc van Woerkom" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >I use the FreeBSD boot manager which comes with the > > >system. > > > > Is there a difference between the one that sysinstall > > installs and the one in the tools directory of a > > installation cdrom? > > > > Anyway, I put the 40GB drive as Master at the end of the > > cable and the 2GB drive as Slave in the middle (everything > > jumpered). > > I also read the C/H/S values from the drive cases. > > > > Installation was ok (the 40GB shows up as ad2, the 2GB as > > ad3). But the boot prompt showed > > > > F1: ??? (refers to XP I guess) > > F2: FreeBSD > > > > F1 didn't do anything (except blanking some characters on > > the screen). > > F2 came up with a "no kernel 0:ad(0,a)/kernel" or so > > message. > > > > And in the bloody bios I have to set the hd type to > > 'none', using 'auto' nor 'user' with C/H/S lead to a hang. > > > > So I am close to buy a new mobo this evening. > > Well, I wouldn't dissuade you from the joy of buying new hardware, but > you can solve your problem more easily than that if you prefer. > > Go back to your old familiar drive configuration and do one of the > following: > > 1 - Install the FreeBSD boot loader on *both* hard drives. Also be sure > to set the FreeBSD slice (a/k/a "partition" in Windows-speak) bootable > during sysinstall. FYI: The '???' label will be for your Windows > partition, and it should work. > > 2 - Use the GAG boot loader. It's simple as can be. <URL: > http://gag.sourceforge.net/>. > > Jud > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
