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Subject: Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit
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>Number:         12947
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug  3 18:00:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Wed Aug 4 00:59:04 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Wed Aug  4 01:10:01 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Michael
>Release:        3.2
>Organization:
Universal Studios Escape
>Environment:
>Description:
I boot my machine, the boot loader comes up.. but when I hit 'F2' to boot to FreeBSD, it just beeps.. nothing else happens. It'll only let me use 'F1' (FAT32 partition)
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: rnordier 
State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 4 00:59:04 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Pilot error. 

From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To: webmaster@tenebrous.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/12947: Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition, just beeps when 'F2' is hit
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:57:01 +0200 (SAST)

 webmaster@tenebrous.com wrote:
  
 > >Number:         12947
 > >Category:       misc
 > >Synopsis:       Boot loader only lets me boot to my FAT32 partition,
                    just beeps when 'F2' is hit
 
 > >Description:
 > I boot my machine, the boot loader comes up.. but when I hit 'F2' to
   boot to FreeBSD, it just beeps.. nothing else happens. It'll only let
   me use 'F1' (FAT32 partition)
 
 This is almost certainly due to a mismatch between the disk geometry
 your BIOS is using, and what FreeBSD thought the geometry was when it
 was installed.
 
 I'd suggest sending mail to the freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing
 list and asking for help with this.
 
 -- 
 Robert Nordier
 
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