Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 17:18:52 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with AHA 1542W on 2.2-BETA Message-ID: <199612300118.RAA08548@osprey.grizzly.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961229152714.311L-100000@localhost> (message from Doug White on Sun, 29 Dec 1996 15:27:40 -0800 (PST))
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>On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Mark Diekhans wrote: > >> Geometry traslation is turned off, but it exhibits the classic geometry >> translation symptoms. Installs fine, but hangs after the `F1' prompt. >> This system was previously running SCO, not FreeBSD, so I don't know if this >> is something with 2-2.BETA, the hardware or something stupid I am doing. > >Did you try the classic solution: put a DOS partition on there, run >sysinstall, delete the DOS partition from sysinstall & install FreeBSD on >the whole disk? I figured out the real geometry with pfdisk.exe. Didn't realize this was ever a problem with SCSI with translation turn off. SCO managed to work just fine with the bogus geometry. Thanks, Mark
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