Boot Loader Problem

[John Do]

Hi Gary and Glen,

I have the output.  It was sure tiring to write out
and then type back though :)

bsdlabel /dev/ad2s1:

No Valid Label

bsdlabel /dev/ad2s2:

8 partitions

#   size     offset      fstype   [fsize    bsize   
bps/cpg]

a:  8191983  0           4.2BSD   2048      16384   
28552
b:  2047155  8191983     swap     -         -        -
c:  10239138 0           unused   0         0       
#'raw' part don't edit

bsdlabel /dev/ad2s3:
No Valid Label

bsdlabel /dev/ad2s4:
No Such File Or Disk

bsdlabel /dev/ad2:
No Valid Label

bsdlabel /dev/ad0:
No Valid Label


fdisk /dev/ad0
****** Working on device /dev/ad0 ******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=39709 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008
blks/cyl)

Figures below won't work with BIOS partitions not in
cyl 1 parameters to 
be used for BIOS calculations are:

cylinders=39703 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008
blks/cyl)

Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector
numbering starts with sector 1

Information from DOS bootblock is:

The data for partition 1 is:

sysid 7 (0x07), (OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX-2 (16bit) or
Advanced Unix)
     start 63, size 40001787 (19532 Meg), flag
80(active)
     beg: cyl 0 /head1 /sector 1
     end: cyl 1023 /head 254 /sector 63

The data for partition 2 is:
<UNUSED>

The data for partition 3 is:
<UNUSED>

The data for partition 4 is:


fdisk ad2:

****** Working on device /dev/ad2 ******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=155061 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008
blks/cyl)

Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not
in cyl 1 to be used for BIOS 

calculations are:

cylinders=155061 heads=61 sectors/track=63 (1008
blks/cyl)

Media sector size is 512
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
Information from DOS bootblock is:

The data for partion 1 is:

sysid 7(0x07), (OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX-2 (16bit) or
Advanced Unix)
    start 63, size 133114527 (64997 Meg), flag 0
      beg: cyl 0 /head 1/ sector 1;
      end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63

The data for partition 2 is:

sysid 165(0xa5), (FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
    start 133114590, size 10239138 (4999 Meg), flag 0
       beg: cyl 986/head 2 /sector 1;
       end: cyl 903/head 15 /sector 63

The data for partion 3 is:
sysid 131 (0x83), (Linux Native)
    start 143364060, size 48195 (23 meg), flag 0
       beg: cyl 1023/head 254/sector 63;
       end: cyl 1023/head 254/sector 63

The data for partition 4 is:
<UNUSED>



boot0cfg -v /dev/ad0

#       flag     | start  chs  |   type    | end chs  
   |   offset  |  size
1       0x80       0:   1:1        0x07      1023
254:63      63         40001787

boot0cfg -v /dev/ad2

#       flag     | start  chs  |   type    | end chs  
   |   offset  |  size
1       0x00       0:   1:1        0x07      1023
254:63      63         133114527
2       0x00     986:   2:1        0x05       903 
15:63   133114590     10239138
3       0x00    1024 254:63        0x83      1023
254:63   143364060     48195

--- "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys at opusnet.com> wrote:

> Glenn Dawson <glenn at antimatter.net> writes:
> 
> >>boot0cfg -B -s 5 ad0
> >>boot0cfg -B -s 2 ad2
> 
> I don't remember who asked what before, but you
> should also try:
> 
> boot0cfg -B -s 5 -o packet ad0
> boot0cfg -B -s 2 -o packet ad2
> 
> > fdisk /dev/ad0
> > fdisk /dev/ad2
> > bsdlabel /dev/ad0
> 
> I wouldn't bother if you don't have BSD on that
> disk.
> 
> > bsdlabel /dev/ad2
> 
> and
> 
>     bsdlabel /dev/ad2s1
>     bsdlabel /dev/ad2s2
>     bsdlabel /dev/ad2s3
>     bsdlabel /dev/ad2s4
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