Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-15 Thread Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel
OP? What is OP? Original Post, sorry. In any case, I'm curious to know the outcome, Uwe

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-15 Thread Tobias Weingartner
On Thursday, June 16, Uwe Dippel wrote: > > > > It installs your PBR boot block, IE: your partition boot block. > > Thanks for the info ! - But still, I don't see how this comes into view: > the kernel was looking 'broken' at loading in the OP; OP? What is OP? > then he wiped the MBR. > > Sh

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-15 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:07:06 -0600, Tobias Weingartner wrote: >> > Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk. >> what does installboot do here ? Maybe I'm simply lost or stupid.? > > It installs your PBR boot block, IE: your partition boot block. Thanks for the info ! - But still, I d

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-15 Thread Tobias Weingartner
On Wednesday, June 15, Uwe Dippel wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:06:14 -0500, arf wrote: > > > Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk. > > Check Bios settings - AMI Bios set to "Auto" shows > > LBA mode and DMA, etc. > > > boot: /mnt/boot > > proto: /usr/mdec/biosboot > > device: /

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-15 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:06:14 -0500, arf wrote: > Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk. > Check Bios settings - AMI Bios set to "Auto" shows > LBA mode and DMA, etc. I'm not so sure here; what this would be good for. > Downloaded June 10 snapshot and checked md5 sums. > > Install

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-14 Thread Nick Holland
arf wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions. It appears to be a > problem with disk block mapping even though LBA mode > is used. huh? What is the evidence? > In light of the suggestions, this is what I > did today: > > Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk. > Check Bios settings

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-14 Thread arf
Thanks for all the suggestions. It appears to be a problem with disk block mapping even though LBA mode is used. In light of the suggestions, this is what I did today: Use dd form /dev/zero to wipe MBR and start of disk. Check Bios settings - AMI Bios set to "Auto" shows LBA mode and DMA, etc. D

Re: Problem booting from wd0

2005-06-13 Thread Nick Holland
arf wrote: > I am trying to install 3.7 on a cheap PC. heh. I could use some "cheap" PCs of that caliber. :) > The system boots fine from the CD and installs > without problems. However, when I try to reboot > from disk, I only get: > > booting hd0a:/bsd: 4729760read text: Invalid argument > f