From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Aug 27 02:20:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA22141 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.184.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA22136 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:20:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from marconi.concentric.net (buckpalace [206.173.119.71]) by darius.concentric.net (8.8.7/(97/08/22 5.5)) id FAA25088; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:20:38 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from crc3.concentric.net (cnc143045.concentric.net [206.173.207.45]) by marconi.concentric.net (8.8.7) id FAA05773; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:20:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3403BEF0.ED9@concentric.net> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:45:20 -0800 From: mlduke Reply-To: mlduke@concentric.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-GZone (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Newbe Question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Can anyone point to more information I can read on HD configurations? WD0=1049C, 16H, 63S and contains W95 because GVWin (Viewpoint/Document Editor "enhanced") runs on it and contains data files back to 1990. WD2(Western Digital no pun)=7752C, 16H, 63S and is totally Free (pun). FreeBSD loads with several of many attempted configurations, geometry mismatch "?" following "f1" default happens every time. [Novice and Expert attempts alike.] Looking forward to dropping MS forever (like between 1986 and 1995). If this doesn't work I'll try a book off the shelf. Suggestion if there are other no-nothing newbe's like myself who have only lurked on computer related topics. Try a few installations. Some of the language then actually begins to make sense. ML Duke