Re: How to make SCSI only bootup
The "2FA:" prompt is generated by mbr... it looks like it doesn't know
which partition to boot (you haven't gotten far enough to require the
SCSI drivers yet). Just as a guess, I'd say that you didn't flag the
relevant partition as "active" when you partitioned the disk.
Try pressing "2" when you see the prompt... that tells mbr that you
want to boot off of the second primary partition (that's what the "2"
in "2FA:" is referring to), which should get you past this issue.
Assuming this works, don't forget to go back into fdisk and mark the
partition active.
Good luck.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 10:43:57AM +1200, zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz wrote:
> Hiya
>
> i have a SCSI only system and i am not too sure how to load the drivers for
> it to enable it to boot up. I have specified the SCSI disk to be the boot
> disk and it has written the boot/lilo onto it which is good, but when i
> boot the machine i only get 2FA:
>
> I presume the SCSI disk needs the drivers loaded in order to make it
> boot/run.. but the drivers cannot be loaded because they are stored on the
> SCSI :)
>
> hmm
>
> Load the system via floppy which has the SCSI controller on it?
>
> what other alternative is there to make the SCSI boot up without the need
> of a floppy?
>
> Thanx
>
>
> Zane
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