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BeOS PE 5 Boot problem
Name: Anindra Date: November 19, 2001 at 23:50:55 Pacific
Comment:
While booting BeOS it gives the following error message and halts:
Boot failure:was unable to mount /dev/disk/virtual/fmap/0/0_0 type bfs on /boot
Name: AvengerX Date: December 9, 2001 at 07:34:20 Pacific
Reply:
Same Problem had by Me
Intel 100MHz 48 Mb of Memory 2.00 GB Maxtor Win98
Same Boot Error, about whatever /dev/disk/virtual/fmap/0_0, etc, anybody help?
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Response Number 2
Name: Aaron Date: March 2, 2002 at 10:15:26 Pacific
Reply:
I'm having this problem also. I think it is because BeOS reads the BIOS drive partition table and I have a drive overlay that maps my large capacity hard drive to a geometry that my legacy BIOS can interpret. Since BeOS can't find the right drive characteristics it chokes when it tries to mount the boot volume. You can try booting into safe mode by pressing and holding space bar, and changing some of the boot options around.
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