for the archives: http://strato.alpha-labs.net/strato-freebsd-15.pdf
me crawls back under his rock... greets Christian Pedaschus wrote: >Hi list, > >i'm trying since a few hours to get 3.8 on a (linux-based) root-server, >without success. I googled some tutorials (for ex. >http://wiki.bsd-crew.de/index.php?title=Strato-Rootserver_mit_NetBSD&redirect=no) >but they don't seem to work (i tried it with my own bootdisk and the >mentioned precompiled one). All i get is a blocked ssh-login. I see the >pxe-loader come up, but then there is silence... >After writing the floppy-image to the disk i used fdisk to see what >happened and i get something like this: > >------------------------------ >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk /dev/sda >This disk has both DOS and BSD magic. >Give the 'b' command to go to BSD mode. > >The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 20023. >There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, >and could in certain setups cause problems with: >1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) >2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > >Command (m for help): b >There is no *BSD partition on /dev/sda. > >Command (m for help): p > >Disk /dev/sda: 164.6 GB, 164696555520 bytes >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >This doesn't look like a partition table >Probably you selected the wrong device. > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/sda1 ? 15357 229722 1721888152+ e8 Unknown >Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. >/dev/sda2 ? 1 1 0 1 FAT12 >Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. >/dev/sda3 115307 125803 84312115+ 0 Empty >Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. >/dev/sda4 ? 1 1 0 3f Unknown >Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. > >Partition table entries are not in disk order >------------------------------ > >(it's the same view without using 'b') >Other tutorials mention they created a local disk-image using an >identical disk and then upped the whole dd image. But i don't have an >identical disk and this way seems very brute to me. > >Anybody got a better way or a tutorial i missed? > >Thanks for your time, >Chris
