Weird installation issue
Ivan Radovanovic
rivanr at gmail.com
Sat Jul 4 18:45:04 UTC 2009
Hello,
I recently wanted to update FreeBSD on my computer to latest version,
but now I am facing weird problem. After completing installation from
dvd I can't boot into BSD. I naturally assumed this is some boot
manager/boot sector issue, and since I am using Vista also (but on the
other hard disk) I first overwrited its boot manager with FreeBSD's but
without any luck (when I press F2 to start BSD machine either stops to
respond or prints # for any keypress, no any messages from BSD
bootloader). After that I tried to make BSD entry in grub from open
solaris but with the same symptoms (freezing without any message on the
screen). I also tried installing GAG boot manager but with the same
results.
When I open BSD's partition using some hex editor boot sector seems
written correctly. Also if I boot fixit prompt from dvd I can mount
partition from hard disk (I tried only mounting a partition where is /)
everything looks written correctly. However if I escape to loader prompt
at dvd during boot and set currdev to "disk1s1a:" when I issue ls
everything freezes.
I believe this is some booting issue on my machine, but I am loosing
ideas what can I try next.
Please advise what I should try (FreeBSD is my first choice for UNIX and
now I am stuck with open solaris)
Ivan
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