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From: Mtaki_kat@hotmail.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD refuses to boot up.
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>Number:         24319
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD refuses to boot up.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 13 23:10:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jan 13 23:12:31 PST 2001
>Last-Modified:  Sun Jan 14 01:40:01 PST 2001
>Originator:     Charles Lefave
>Release:        4.0
>Organization:
MtakiSoft Webwork
>Environment:
>Description:
.. I install FreeBSD, there's no problem.. I get to the bootloader.. It says press F1 for DOS, F2 for FreeBSD.. And when I press F2, I just get a beep and it wont load.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: billf 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 13 23:12:31 PST 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Please e-mail questions@freebsd.org with a lot more detail. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=24319 

From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it>
To: Mtaki_kat@hotmail.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/24319: FreeBSD refuses to boot up. 
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 09:41:32 GMT

 >Number:         24319
 >Category:       misc
 >Synopsis:       FreeBSD refuses to boot up.
 >Confidential:   no
 >Severity:       non-critical
 >Priority:       low
 >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >State:          open
 >Quarter:
 >Keywords:
 >Date-Required:
 >Class:          sw-bug
 >Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 13 23:10:00 PST 2001
 >Closed-Date:
 >Last-Modified:
 >Originator:     Charles Lefave
 >Release:        4.0
 >Organization:
 MtakiSoft Webwork
 >Environment:
 >Description:
 .. I install FreeBSD, there's no problem.. I get to the bootloader..=20
 It says press F1 for DOS, F2 for FreeBSD.. And when I press F2, I just=20
 get a beep and it wont load.
 
 
 
 Dear Charles Lefave,
 
 <dumb question>
 Surely your "/" partition is **below** the deadly (BIOS) limit of ~=20
 8.4 GB ?
 </dumb question>
 
 If it lies **past** the first 8.4 GB, I am afraid you won't be able to=20
 boot. You'll have to rearrange things in order to meet the=20
 aforementioned BIOS "boundary value condition" :-)
 
 Best regards/cordialement,
 Salvo
 
 
 
 
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