Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 22:57:56 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.org> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SNAP-0726 install problems. Message-ID: <199508100557.WAA19917@freefall.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Aug 95 16:49:09 PDT." <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950809164631.23790L-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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> > >Well, thought I'd switch a box from BSD/OS to FreeBSD. Grabbed the boot >disk, and fired it up. Install looks great, partitions look great, >everything looks great. > >Finish install, remove floppy reboot: > >F1 . . . . BSD > >Default: F? > >Hit the F1 key, and it just cycles through this. So I'm not getting the >boot manager installed properly, but I'm not seeing what's wrong. The problem is that the geometry you told (or was assumed by) the install program is not compatible with what the BIOS is using. There are two ways to fix this: 1) Enter the geometry manually in the partition editor via the 'G' command. The geometry you enter will either be 64 heads/32 secs per track/(#MB reported for the drive by the FreeBSD probe) cylinders or, if you have extended translation enabled and the drive is just over the 1 gig boundary, 255/63/(#MB reported / 7) cylinders. The safestest bet if you are going to devote the whole partition to Unix is to leave the extended translation of the card DISabled. 2) Create a small DOS partition on the disk. When you run the installation program, it will extract the proper geometry from the pre-existing partition table and "do the right thing". You can even delete the DOS partition while doing your repartitioning, the geometry will still be correct. > >P5-90, Adaptec 2940, Conner 1GB SCSI disk. 3COM card. > >Is there any way to install the bootmanager from the bootfloppy standalone? In this case, its not the bootmanager's problem, but the answer is yes. I believe boot-easy has a DOS installation program. >In any case, I'd love to get this working, I want to bail from BSD/OS as >much as possible. Let me know how it turns out. If you are planning on using the 2940, you should probably upgrade to the latest version of the driver. Once you've got the system up, I can help you with that too. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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