Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:51:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with AHA 1542W on 2.2-BETA Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961230114953.239I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199612300118.RAA08548@osprey.grizzly.com>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Mark Diekhans wrote: > >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. FreeBSD is touchy about disk geometry no matter what disk type. The MSDOS partition method is the best, especially if you're using booteasy, since booteasy will throw a fit if you don't use the geometry its expecting, even though FreeBSD agrees with you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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