diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ad60989e3d..e1da19a0cc 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $ 1995 @@ -4528,6 +4528,60 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 + + + + After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays + Read error and stops. + + + + + FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard + drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when + creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice. + + The correct drive geometry values can be found within the + machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and + sectors for the particular drive. + + Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit + G for: + + G = set Drive Geometry + A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads + and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by + forward slashes. + + 5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as + 5000/250/60 + + Press enter to set the values, and hit W + for: + + W = Write Changes + This will write the new partition table to the drive. + + + + + + + Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I + get it back? + + + + + Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure, + then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on + with the space key. Press + W to write changes to the drive. A prompt + will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this, + and it will be restored. + + + diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index ad60989e3d..e1da19a0cc 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $ 1995 @@ -4528,6 +4528,60 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254 kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 + + + + After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays + Read error and stops. + + + + + FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard + drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when + creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice. + + The correct drive geometry values can be found within the + machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and + sectors for the particular drive. + + Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit + G for: + + G = set Drive Geometry + A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads + and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by + forward slashes. + + 5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as + 5000/250/60 + + Press enter to set the values, and hit W + for: + + W = Write Changes + This will write the new partition table to the drive. + + + + + + + Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I + get it back? + + + + + Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure, + then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on + with the space key. Press + W to write changes to the drive. A prompt + will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this, + and it will be restored. + + +