What is really getting my nuts is the fact it is working with one layout and with another it does not work.
Now to get things even "funnier". Remenber that configuration layout that worked for just a single partition (a). That one worked with a fragment size of 2k and a block size of 16K. Now i tried a fragment size of 512 bytes and block size of 4K: and the same problem: boot failed. It would be better if it works or doesn't, but this way is really getting me crazy. On 6/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'll probably get some better answers from the list, but this may give > you an idea of what is going on. > In olden days BIOS would only be able to handle disk within the first > 1024 cylinders. (That's why you see stuff like 63 sectors/track and 255 > or so heads) Later BIOSes have upped the limit somewhat. > Until enough of the OS gets itself loaded, the bootstrap is dependent on > BIOS functions. Afterwards, the BIOS limitations are irrelevant. > > If I'm doing strange things with disks, I try to put a bunch of small > (DOS partitions) at the front end of the disk, Normally a 2G DOS formatted > C: drive, followed by (or after a few other small partitions) > > If you are brave and daring, (and dead accurate with a calculator) > there are some stunts that can be done with partitions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Gustavo Rios > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:03 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: boot failure: If i could drop dead right now ... > > > ... i would be the happiest man in the world! > > I am going crazy. It simply does not boot directly from the partition > when i spare too many of them. > > If someone could, please guys, help me i would send you some bears. > > With the following set up everything works ok: > > fdisk: > > Disk: wd0 geometry: 9726/255/63 [156248190 Sectors] > Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 > Starting Ending LBA Info: > #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 0: 07 0 1 1 - 6399 254 63 [ 63: 102815937 ] HPFS/QNX/AUX > *1: A6 6400 0 1 - 9726 28 46 [ 102816000: 53434000 ] OpenBSD > 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > disklabel: > > # /dev/rwd0c: > type: ESDI > disk: ESDI/IDE disk > label: Maxtor 6Y080M0 > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 16 > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > cylinders: 155009 > total sectors: 156250000 > rpm: 7200 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 51819264 102816000 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl > 102000 -153407 > b: 1614736 154635264 swap # Cyl > 153408 -155009* > c: 156250000 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl > 0 -155009* > i: 102815937 63 unknown # Cyl > 0*-101999 > > > But this one does prevent me from booting. > > fdisk: > > Disk: wd0 geometry: 9726/255/63 [156248190 Sectors] > Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 > Starting Ending LBA Info: > #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 0: 07 0 1 1 - 6399 254 63 [ 63: 102815937 ] HPFS/QNX/AUX > *1: A6 6400 0 1 - 9726 28 46 [ 102816000: 53434000 ] OpenBSD > 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > 3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > > disklabel: > > # /dev/rwd0c: > type: ESDI > disk: ESDI/IDE disk > label: Maxtor 6Y080M0 > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 16 > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > cylinders: 155009 > total sectors: 156250000 > rpm: 7200 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 161280 102816000 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 102000 -102159 > b: 1614736 154635264 swap # Cyl > 153408 -155009* > c: 156250000 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl > 0 -155009* > d: 161280 102977280 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 102160 -102319 > e: 4032000 103138560 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl > 102320 -106319 > f: 483840 107170560 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 106320 -106799 > g: 483840 107654400 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 106800 -107279 > h: 483840 108138240 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 107280 -107759 > i: 102815937 63 unknown # Cyl > 0*-101999 > j: 483840 108622080 4.2BSD 512 4096 21 # Cyl > 107760 -108239 > k: 45529344 109105920 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl > 108240 -153407 > > > I don't have the smallest ideia about what i going wrong! The > installation procedure was just like the same expect for disklabel > partitions. > > Please, some one in the name of God, if could give some light on this > matter, i would appreciate a lot. > > BTW: if you have a Dell Precision WS 370 i see no problem charing your > disk layout with me i would be glad too. > > > Thanks a lot for all your time and patience.
