From nobody@FreeBSD.org Sat Jan 13 23:07:49 2001 Return-Path: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CF437B401 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:07:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0E77m120622; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:07:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200101140707.f0E77m120622@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 23:07:48 -0800 (PST) From: Mtaki_kat@hotmail.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD refuses to boot up. X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 24319 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD refuses to boot up. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 13 23:10:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: Sat Jan 13 23:12:31 PST 2001 >Last-Modified: Sun Jan 14 01:40:01 PST 2001 >Originator: Charles Lefave >Release: 4.0 >Organization: MtakiSoft Webwork >Environment: >Description: .. I install FreeBSD, there's no problem.. I get to the bootloader.. It says press F1 for DOS, F2 for FreeBSD.. And when I press F2, I just get a beep and it wont load. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: billf State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 13 23:12:31 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: Please e-mail questions@freebsd.org with a lot more detail. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=24319 From: Salvo Bartolotta To: Mtaki_kat@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/24319: FreeBSD refuses to boot up. Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 09:41:32 GMT >Number: 24319 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD refuses to boot up. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 13 23:10:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Charles Lefave >Release: 4.0 >Organization: MtakiSoft Webwork >Environment: >Description: .. I install FreeBSD, there's no problem.. I get to the bootloader..=20 It says press F1 for DOS, F2 for FreeBSD.. And when I press F2, I just=20 get a beep and it wont load. Dear Charles Lefave, Surely your "/" partition is **below** the deadly (BIOS) limit of ~=20 8.4 GB ? If it lies **past** the first 8.4 GB, I am afraid you won't be able to=20 boot. You'll have to rearrange things in order to meet the=20 aforementioned BIOS "boundary value condition" :-) Best regards/cordialement, Salvo >Unformatted: