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List:       openbsd-mobile
Subject:    OpenBSD-mobile: problem booting 2.9 from HD on vaio z505sx
From:       <beldridg () pobox ! com>
Date:       2001-09-11 2:06:39
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i've read through quite a few posts on both openbsd-mobile and
openbsd-misc on problems booting from the hard disk on the sony vaio
laptops.

i installed openbsd 2.9 no problem. when i try to boot from the hard disk,
i get the same message that other people have noticed:

  Using Drive: 0 Partition: 3


my disk layout is pretty simple:

# fdisk wd0
Disk: wd0	geometry: 838/240/63 [12670560 sectors]
Offset: 0	Signatures: 0xAA55,0x0
         Starting        Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -   cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 1: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 2: 00    0   0   1 -     0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
*3: A6    0   1   1 -   837 239  63 [        63 -   12670497] OpenBSD


i can boot from floppy and do a

boot> boot wd0a:/bsd

and everything is fine.

i have installed the latest BIOS from sony as well.



- brett

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