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From: Brian Dean <brdean@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: brdean@mindspring.com
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
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>Number:         8368
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    rnordier
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 18 06:00:01 PDT 1998
>Closed-Date:    Sat Oct 24 13:09:02 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Sat Oct 24 13:10:52 PDT 1998
>Originator:     Brian Dean
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

FreeBSD vger.foo.com 3.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Oct 17 21:41:25 GMT 1998     root@vger.foo.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/VGER  i386

Motherboard:	QDI Brilliant (440BX) w/Pentium II 300MHz CPU
Disk:		/kernel: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
		/kernel: wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST38641A>
		/kernel: wd0: 8207MB (16809660 sectors), 16676 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S

>Description:

The system would not boot after 3.0-RELEASE was installed.  The
problem appears to be related to having a DOS partition defined.  When
presented with the BootEasy screen, i.e., Press 'F1 for DOS, F2 for
FreeBSD', pressing any function key results only in a beep.  FreeBSD
will not boot.

>How-To-Repeat:

Boot with the 3.0-RELEASE boot floppy.  Start with a clean disk (no
partitions).  At the disk partitioning screen, first create a DOS
partition, partition type = 6 (I used a 1024MB partition size).  Then
create a FreeBSD partition, type = 165, using all of the remaining
space.  Choose the "BootEasy" boot block.  Continue to define slices
in the FreeBSD parition, and install FreeBSD.  Reboot.  The system
should reset, and won't be able to get past choosing which partition
to boot from.

>Fix:

Installation using a dedicated disk, i.e., no 'fdisk' paritions, works
fine.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: rnordier 
State-Changed-When: Sun Oct 18 12:57:36 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
Requesting further details from submitter. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->rnordier 
Responsible-Changed-By: rnordier 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Oct 18 12:57:36 PDT 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I'll handle this. 

From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To: brdean@mindspring.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/8368: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 22:07:55 +0200 (SAT)

 Brian Dean wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         8368
 > >Category:       i386
 > >Synopsis:       3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
 [ ... ]
 > Motherboard:	QDI Brilliant (440BX) w/Pentium II 300MHz CPU
 > Disk:		/kernel: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
 > 		/kernel: wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST38641A>
 > 		/kernel: wd0: 8207MB (16809660 sectors), 16676 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
 > 
 > >Description:
 > 
 > The system would not boot after 3.0-RELEASE was installed.  The
 > problem appears to be related to having a DOS partition defined.  When
 > presented with the BootEasy screen, i.e., Press 'F1 for DOS, F2 for
 > FreeBSD', pressing any function key results only in a beep.  FreeBSD
 > will not boot.
 [ ... ]
 
 Please let us know what sort of BIOS you have, and how BIOS is treating
 the disk.  (Many BIOSes offer at least two modes, one which translates
 geometry and one which doesn't.)
 
 It would also be helpful if you could pick up the following test
 program
 
     http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/bootck-0.02.tar.gz
 
 and supply details of what it makes of the disk.  (You can simply
 dd the enclosed binary onto a floppy disk and reboot: this isn't a
 FreeBSD or DOS program.)
 
 Thanks.
 
 -- 
 Robert Nordier

From: Brian Dean <brdean@mindspring.com>
To: rnordier@nordier.com (Robert Nordier)
Cc: brdean@mindspring.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/8368: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:13:40 -0400 (EDT)

 Robert,
 
 > Brian Dean wrote:
 > > 
 > > >Number:         8368
 > > >Category:       i386
 > > >Synopsis:       3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
 > [ ... ]
 > > Motherboard:	QDI Brilliant (440BX) w/Pentium II 300MHz CPU
 > > Disk:		/kernel: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
 > > 		/kernel: wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST38641A>
 > > 		/kernel: wd0: 8207MB (16809660 sectors), 16676 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
 > > 
 > > >Description:
 > > 
 > > The system would not boot after 3.0-RELEASE was installed.  The
 > > problem appears to be related to having a DOS partition defined.  When
 > > presented with the BootEasy screen, i.e., Press 'F1 for DOS, F2 for
 > > FreeBSD', pressing any function key results only in a beep.  FreeBSD
 > > will not boot.
 > [ ... ]
 > 
 > Please let us know what sort of BIOS you have, and how BIOS is treating
 > the disk.  (Many BIOSes offer at least two modes, one which translates
 > geometry and one which doesn't.)
 > 
 > It would also be helpful if you could pick up the following test
 > program
 > 
 >     http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/bootck-0.02.tar.gz
 > 
 > and supply details of what it makes of the disk.  (You can simply
 > dd the enclosed binary onto a floppy disk and reboot: this isn't a
 > FreeBSD or DOS program.)
 
 Here's the information you requested:
 
 BIOS Version Information:
   Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
   Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A
   ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)
 
 BIOS hard disk settings for 'type' and 'mode' are both set to AUTO.
 
 The program 'bootck' produced the following output:
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 bootck 0.02
 
 Hit digit for hard drive to check [0-9]: 0
 Using BIOS drive 0x80
 BIOS geometry (0x13/0x8): 1023/128/63
 BIOS int 0x13 extensions: version=0x21 support=0x5
 BIOS geometry (0x13/0x48): flags=0x2 2048/128/63
 Reading MBR -
 0:* 0/0/1 0xa5 1023/89/63 0 16809660
 1:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 2:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 3:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 Read test
 1008 |
 Sectors differ
 Hit return to reboot:
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Thanks,
 -Brian
 --
 Brian Dean			brdean@mindspring.com

From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To: brdean@mindspring.com (Brian Dean)
Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, brdean@mindspring.com,
        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/8368: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:55:45 +0200 (SAT)

 Brian Dean wrote:
 > > 
 > > Please let us know what sort of BIOS you have, and how BIOS is treating
 > > the disk.  (Many BIOSes offer at least two modes, one which translates
 > > geometry and one which doesn't.)
 > > 
 > > It would also be helpful if you could pick up the following test
 > > program
 > > 
 > >     http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/bootck-0.02.tar.gz
 > > 
 > > and supply details of what it makes of the disk.  (You can simply
 > > dd the enclosed binary onto a floppy disk and reboot: this isn't a
 > > FreeBSD or DOS program.)
 > 
 > Here's the information you requested:
 > 
 > BIOS Version Information:
 >   Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
 >   Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A
 >   ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ19)
 > 
 > BIOS hard disk settings for 'type' and 'mode' are both set to AUTO.
 > 
 > The program 'bootck' produced the following output:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 > bootck 0.02
 > 
 > Hit digit for hard drive to check [0-9]: 0
 > Using BIOS drive 0x80
 > BIOS geometry (0x13/0x8): 1023/128/63
 > BIOS int 0x13 extensions: version=0x21 support=0x5
 > BIOS geometry (0x13/0x48): flags=0x2 2048/128/63
 > Reading MBR -
 > 0:* 0/0/1 0xa5 1023/89/63 0 16809660
 > 1:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 > 2:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 > 3:  0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0
 > Read test
 > 1008 |
 > Sectors differ
 > Hit return to reboot:
 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Thanks for supplying the information so promptly.
 
 As you will have gathered from the -current list, booteasy is again
 being supplied as boot manager in 3.0-RELEASE.
 
 In the case of boot0, use of BIOS int 0x13 extensions has been made a
 configurable option, disabled by default.
 
 In your particular case, it should therefore be possible to install
 FreeBSD on the same disk as a 1024MB DOS partition and make use of
 either booteasy or the updated boot0.
 
 --
 Robert Nordier
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: rnordier 
State-Changed-When: Sat Oct 24 13:09:02 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
The problem has been resolved by reverting to booteasy in 3.0-RELEASE. 
>Unformatted:
