Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:38:45 -0500 (EST) From: <stanb@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (Free BSD Questions list) Subject: A Tae of similar machine, but oone won't booot after install Message-ID: <200012091438.JAA15711@panix2.panix.com>
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I am setting up 4 recycled HP Vectras for use at work. Sure is nice m$ keeps providing me with free computers, as they get more and more resource hungr :-) 3 of them are P75's, and 1 is a P90 The P75'a have BIOS'es D.08.01,D.06.03, and D.08.03. I am isntalling brand new Quantam 20G IDE drives as the only thing on the IDE busses (No CD's). When I look in Setup on all the P75's, I see that they are detecting the disks as 8468MB 16383/63/16 preload -116382 Ther is an XL flag which is on on some, and off on oters. All these machines boot fine after I do an install (from the hard disks). The P90 however I have been unable to get to boot after repeated installs :-( It Has BIOS version GT.07.02. The setup screen here has many more options related to hard disk. First It wan'ts to know if I want to use "Standard" or,"Extended" transfer methi\od. Rhere is a note that "Standard" might need to be used on "UNIX" systems, I think this might mean SCO. This option is gloabal to all the IDE controlers/disks on the machine. On a per disk bassis, the choces are: Multi Sector Transfers: disable/2/4/8/16 LBA mode control enabled/disabled 32 bit I/O Enabled/Disbaled Transfer mode standard/Fast Pio 1,2,3, or 4 Considering it takes about 30 to 45 minutes to do a minimal install to test each choice, and that there are a lareg number of choices :-( I could be here a while (days ?). Can some kkind soul that understands the hardware issues here, pleas educate me? Thanks! -- Stan Brown stanb@panix.com 843-745-3154 Charleston SC -- "Be careful not to step in the Microsoft." -- John Denker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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