Looks like the problem was related to BIOS setting. I have changed the setting of disk detection from "AUTO" to "LBA" and this has allowed me to boot on the disk.
One more question: With the disk I am using FBSD seems to have two possibility for the partition table size (or at least depending on different boot, It is offering me sometimes the 1st option and other time the second one): 1. 30401 cylinders | 255 heads | 63 sectors 2. 484521 cylinders | 16 heads | 63 sectors Global dis size is 250GB (LBA 488397168) Le 24 juin 2010 à 20:37, bsd a écrit : > Hello, > > I am trying to install a toshiba HD on an appliance, the Toshiba is a > MK2565GSX of 250GB described > here:http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/english/spec/hdd25/65.htm#spec02 > > The system I am trying to install is pfSense (FBSD 7.2). > > I am not a 100% sure about the disk geometry… as It is not quite clear. > > What is sure is that disk has 488 397 168 sectors… > > Normally It should have 484 521 cylinder 16 heads and 63 sectors, but I am > not certain this setting is ok… > If I have a look at the BIOS setting after install, It tells me that disk has > 65535 cylinder, 16 head, 255 sector which is not quite the same as the above… > > If I use a "simple install" I generally end up with an error on my HD after > boot, once he tries to mount the disk… > Kernel is loaded ok, up until he reaches the disk da0 then there is an error: > > ad1: FAILURE - READ_DMA48 status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=10<NID_NOT_FOUND> > LBA=18446744073709551553 > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > […] > > Then I do not have access to the device using manual system mounting… > > What would be your advise? > Any idea what is precisely going wrong? > > > Thank you very much. > > G.B. > > > ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD > bsd @at@ todoo.biz > ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
