FreeBSD 7.1 Rel install on 1TB won't load

[bsdme2]

Hi Folks,

Have anyone install FreeBSD on 1TB hard drive and
have problem like not able to boot into the system?

Well, I just purchase a new Maxtor 1TB SATA 300 hard drive
and install FreeBSD on it, everything install
well, but then reboot and all I get is just a display
cursor.... nothing else. Wonder why? I install the second
time and same thing happen, can not boot into the system.
Motherboard able to detect it correctly otherwise I be
unable to install FreeBSD 7.1 on the drive.

Please let me know if anyone know the solution for this.

Thanks.

 

[graudeejs]

how did you install FreeBSD?
Do you use custom kernel or GENERIC?

if you use custom kernel make sure you have read release notes and added nessacery GEOM support (if i remember correct you might need options GEOM_GPART_MBR [but that's only a guess], i haven't finished my upgrade yet)

 

[trev]

Hi Folks,
Have anyone install FreeBSD on 1TB hard drive and
have problem like not able to boot into the system?

I recently installed a new system on a 1Tb SATA drive with no problems at all.

I think you need to provide us with some more details of how you installed the os.

 

[bsdme2]

Hi Folkssss...

trev,
I replace the old hard drive and try to install FreeBSD 7.1 Rel
on this new drive, it a Maxtor 1TB drive (internal), to see
if I have the kernel panic or transfer problem like I have with
the old one. After I install FreeBSD on it, everything install
great but when the system reboot, all I got was a blinking cursor.
I check in the bios and detection of the hard drive look ok
so I reinstall again with average user + X windows option
and still got the blinking cursor as before. So I really don't
know what is going on, then I decide to put reinstall again
on the old hard drive and everything boot fine... hmmm.
I then decide to use the new 1TB hard drive as a storage only
and mount it and it work fine, so the question is why when I install FreeBSD on it and does not boot up? I have root directory
5gb of space because I have the luxury of space due to new
hard drive.
Any help here is very appreciate folks.
The drive is currently as a storage drive right and it was my
original intention anyway, but I problem have to purchase a new
small drive for the OS since that one also have some corrupted
sector too.

One more thing, how do you check for corrupted space on a new
install hard drive? what command?

Thanks folks