Re: Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-28 Thread Yousef Raffah
On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 13:49 +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > # fdisk /dev/ad0 > > *** Working on device /dev/ad0 *** > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > cylinders=155061 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl) > > > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions no

Re: Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-28 Thread Joseph Koshy
> # fdisk /dev/ad0 > *** Working on device /dev/ad0 *** > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > cylinders=155061 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl) > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > cyl

Re: Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-27 Thread Yousef Raffah
On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:17 +0300, Yousef Raffah wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 06:54 +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > yr> I see no reason why it can't boot of my drive after > > yr> installing FreeBSD, although this is not my first BSD > > > > Check if there is a disk geometry mismatch. Can you bo

Re: Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-27 Thread Yousef Raffah
On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 06:54 +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > yr> I see no reason why it can't boot of my drive after > yr> installing FreeBSD, although this is not my first BSD > > Check if there is a disk geometry mismatch. Can you boot > from a CD and access the hard-disk in 'fixit' mode? > Thank

Re: Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-27 Thread Yousef Raffah
--- Original Message --- > Hi everyone, > > I just finished installing FreeBSD 6 RELEASE on my Toshiba > Tecra A4 > laptop and the installation was fine, however, when I rebooted > the > machine, I don't get the boot loader screen as if the machine > can not > see my drive! I tried the reinstallin

Can't boot with a new install

2006-03-27 Thread Yousef Raffah
Hi everyone, I just finished installing FreeBSD 6 RELEASE on my Toshiba Tecra A4 laptop and the installation was fine, however, when I rebooted the machine, I don't get the boot loader screen as if the machine can not see my drive! I tried the reinstalling and ensured that I set the slice to be bo