Re: Laptop stuck at bios splash again :-( .(chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue)
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:13:22 +0530 Mubeesh ali mubeeshal...@gmail.com wrote: It seems like i am awfully unlucky :-( ,getting two bad HDDs in a row or iam doing something terribly wrong. With my new HDD ;installed ubuntu and this time installed PC bsd not freebsd ,in a separate partition. It booted up once into PC bsd,life was good and then from next reboot .it is stuck at bios splash. As Bruce from this list commented to an earlier mail(not booting after freebsd install) ,i am assuming my bios (INSYDE bios) doesn't like freebsd partitions or freebsd in combination with ubuntu ? It seems the INSYDE bios is rather poor: other people have had problems when trying to use TrueCrypt or PGP in Windows: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/cc99bd9c-c65c-4ad1-a892-653be6102195 -- Bruce Cran ___ 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
Laptop stuck at bios splash again :-( .(chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue)
It seems like i am awfully unlucky :-( ,getting two bad HDDs in a row or iam doing something terribly wrong. With my new HDD ;installed ubuntu and this time installed PC bsd not freebsd ,in a separate partition. It booted up once into PC bsd,life was good and then from next reboot .it is stuck at bios splash. As Bruce from this list commented to an earlier mail(not booting after freebsd install) ,i am assuming my bios (INSYDE bios) doesn't like freebsd partitions or freebsd in combination with ubuntu ? On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Mubeesh ali mubeeshal...@gmail.com wrote: yes. there is an un allocated 50 gb space (deleted a partition using win 7 partition tools) and we created a feebsd slice in the unallocated space while running sysinstall However in the next screen; i guess where it should give us an option to partition the freebsd slice into root,home,swap etc ? it throws this error about the track boundary and it defaults to use the entire disk. sure i will double check the procedure in handbook. thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:49 PM, claudiu vasadi claudiu.vas...@gmail.com wrote: of course there is. if you have empty space, create a freebsd slice and your set. handbook - instalation section section 2.6 is EXACTLY what you need, but I strongly recommend reading the handbook (as much as possible) -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M ___ 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
chunk 'ad1s4 ;ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue
Hi , I am trying to install freebsd on a acer 5745. I have allocated 50 gb of free space and i select it for free bsd slice . but in the next screen i get these error chunk 'ad1s4 ;ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary and free bsd defaults to using entire hardisk. the problem is there is some sort of a 128 mb reserved partition in HDD (as shown from windows) which i fear shouldnt be formatted (I used entire disk option last time and system got stuck in bios splash ;had to send the lappy for service after that; just got the laptop back :-)) Please advise. thanks, Mubeesh ___ 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
Re: chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue
That would be your recovery partition from Acer, I would presume. On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Mubeesh ali wrote: Hi , I am trying to install freebsd on a acer 5745. I have allocated 50 gb of free space and i select it for free bsd slice . but in the next screen i get these error chunk 'ad1s4 ;ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary and free bsd defaults to using entire hardisk. the problem is there is some sort of a 128 mb reserved partition in HDD (as shown from windows) which i fear shouldnt be formatted (I used entire disk option last time and system got stuck in bios splash ;had to send the lappy for service after that; just got the laptop back :-)) Please advise. thanks, Mubeesh ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue
you can make a hdd image and then play safely with the hdd. if things go bag, you can just restore the image ;) ___ 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
Re: chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue
yes you are right :-) . it is a 100 mb recovery partition created by windows 7 which can be safely formatted. however is there a way we can we have bsd not to format all partitions ; i have ubuntu on a partition (in which 3g usb modem (my only internet connection) works after some tweaking ) . thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:58 PM, claudiu vasadi claudiu.vas...@gmail.com wrote: you can make a hdd image and then play safely with the hdd. if things go bag, you can just restore the image ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://li partitsts.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ 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
Re: chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue
yes. there is an un allocated 50 gb space (deleted a partition using win 7 partition tools) and we created a feebsd slice in the unallocated space while running sysinstall However in the next screen; i guess where it should give us an option to partition the freebsd slice into root,home,swap etc ? it throws this error about the track boundary and it defaults to use the entire disk. sure i will double check the procedure in handbook. thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:49 PM, claudiu vasadi claudiu.vas...@gmail.com wrote: of course there is. if you have empty space, create a freebsd slice and your set. handbook - instalation section section 2.6 is EXACTLY what you need, but I strongly recommend reading the handbook (as much as possible) -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M ___ 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
