New install won't boot
Hello, I just installed a new 5.3 system that doesn't seem to want to boot. Here is the process I followed: 1. Install onto two disks ad0 and ad1 (20GB and 80GB, respectively) 2. Slice each to maximum size using 165 (FreeBSD) type 3. Partition with /, swap, /var, /tmp, /usr on ad0 and /home on /ad1 each given ample space 4. Install minimal system from mini-CD 5. Configure network, configure as a gateway, enable SSH 6. Add user account, set root password 7. Reboot At this point I'm given a series of error messages as the machine looks for a system to boot to: Invalid partition No /boot/loader FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: Invalid partition No /kernel FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: And it just kind of hangs at that point. The motherboard is an IWILL and I've set it up to boot in this order: CD-ROM HDD1 HDD2 Is there anything I can try to debug this? It seems pretty mysterious. Thanks for any help, -Dan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
ipfw troubles
Hello, I'm having some difficulty getting ipfw to work properly. I currently have it configured in "simple" mode. The box is running 4.8-STABLE and offers NAT, DHCP and backup DNS, and acts as a connector between the internal LAN and the Internet. The main problem is my SSH connections are getting terminated regularly. Attempting to reconnect is met with a "host unreachable" error for a few seconds after being disconnected. I'm also having difficulties with a certain IMAP server, but I'm not sure if that's a firewall-related issue. Further, I keep getting the following logged to /var/log/messages: Jul 2 16:30:21 firewall dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied Jul 2 16:30:53 firewall last message repeated 14 times Jul 2 16:32:46 firewall last message repeated 14 times Jul 2 16:38:38 firewall last message repeated 83 times Jul 2 16:38:38 firewall dhcpd: icmp_echorequest 192.168.1.224: Permission denied Jul 2 16:38:48 firewall dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied Jul 2 16:39:20 firewall last message repeated 8 times Jul 2 16:41:21 firewall last message repeated 38 times Jul 2 16:42:48 firewall last message repeated 11 times Jul 2 16:42:50 firewall dhcpd: icmp_echorequest 192.168.1.214: Permission denied I guess this means I'm not serving DHCP - what kind of rule would fix that? I read somewhere that simply using natd adds statefulness to an otherwise stateless ipfw configuration. Would an unstateful ipfw setup be less secure in this case? Thanks, -Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
