Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot
Thanks to Stuart Barkley detailed suggestion: >(From memory, YMMV) Reboot for the installation CD into sysinstall. >Select "Configure" then "Fdisk". In fdisk select "W" this will cause >the MBR to be rewritten correctly (I always select the FreeBSD boot >manager, I don't know if that is necessary). I was able to get my 4.9 to boot. Ian, > That's three of us now. Maybe this should go in the errata? Obsolutely. As I said in my original posting. I'm re-evaluating BSD for the 2nd time, and I was inches away ending my evaluation with the concensus that BSD is not worth my time in 2004. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot
I've fixed the problem, but for the benefit of others... > Please qualify "reboots continutally forever." It reboots after printing > the F1: FreeBSD message, or after you press a key, or what? Yes, hitting a key. I would suppose if I let it time out it'd do the same. > This sounds like a BIOS issue. boot0 uses only BIOS calls to do its work. > Lots of problems like this are also caused by bad drive geometry. 4.8 installs correctly 100%, 4.9 fails 100%. > What is the partition layout on the disk(s) in the system? Hardware > description? One of my old test boxes, on which I've install most everything in the past. Single partition, Micron/Intel mb, PII 300, SIS graphics, 4 gig ide, 256 ram. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot
On Monday 12 January 2004 10:48 pm, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Kevin Berrien wrote: > > I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled > > "4.9 install buglet". > > > > I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100% > > of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes > > up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever. To test, I made 3 > > installs without issue using 4.8. So first, I'd like to confirm the bug > > report, and ask the following. > > Please qualify "reboots continutally forever." It reboots after printing > the F1: FreeBSD message, or after you press a key, or what? > > This sounds like a BIOS issue. boot0 uses only BIOS calls to do its work. > Lots of problems like this are also caused by bad drive geometry. > > What is the partition layout on the disk(s) in the system? Hardware > description? Here's my original post for comparison: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200312031933.25176.ianjhart -- ian j hart http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20031016 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Kevin Berrien wrote: > I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled > "4.9 install buglet". > > I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100% > of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes > up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever. To test, I made 3 > installs without issue using 4.8. So first, I'd like to confirm the bug > report, and ask the following. Please qualify "reboots continutally forever." It reboots after printing the F1: FreeBSD message, or after you press a key, or what? This sounds like a BIOS issue. boot0 uses only BIOS calls to do its work. Lots of problems like this are also caused by bad drive geometry. What is the partition layout on the disk(s) in the system? Hardware description? -- Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
