[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sten Daniel Sørsdal wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Adrian Wontroba wrote: >>>> The point has been made before in this thread, but you need to change >>>> the way the NEW machine accesses the drive FROM LBA to CHS BEFORE you >>>> install. >>>> >>>> Your new system supports LBA. The old one doesn't, and its view of the >>>> disk is very different. You must ensure that the disk "looks right" >>>> before installation. >>>> >>>> CHS addressing started to be a problem as soon as disks stopped >>>> actually >>>> having a fixed number of sectors per track. IDE drives circumvented it >>>> by lying to the BIOS about what they looked like. If you are really >>>> unlucky, you will have to choose a compatible pair of lies. >>>> >>> So I've tried disabling LBA mode for that HDD, but the results are the >>> same: "missing operating system" >> >> Did you also reinstall after that? >> > > Of course.
Well i am pretty sure the problem is still the same but in your case the solution might have to be different. Did you also make sure you installed a boot manager and made the primary partition active? -- Sten Daniel Soersdal _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"