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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:45:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Gorton Zhao Guo Wei <gwzhao@multiwave.com.sg>
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Subject: Re: FW: Problems on installing Free BSD 2.2.6
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Gorton Zhao Guo Wei wrote:

> I tried to install Free BSD on a hard-disk without any OS and without a
> DOS partition. I mean that I tried to install Free BSD alone on a hard
> disk. I tried to install it on a hard disk with a DOS partition too. I
> actually did many tries for the Free BSD installation. All were not
> successful. 

In what way were they unsuccessful?  Are you getting an error message,
like ``panic: can't mount root''?

> I guess that the problem could be in hard-disk site because the wd2
> (hard-disk parameters) was not displayed properly at system bootup time.
> I set hard-disk to LBA mode in BIOS. The hard disk parameters is SIZE
> 1282, CYLS 621, HEAD 64, LANDZ 2483, SECTOR 63 MODE LBA. 

OK.  Do you have a CDROm in this system, and if you do, what IDE channel
is it connected to?  If it's connected to your primary channel, swap the
second hard disk and CDROM, so the two hard drives are on the same
channel, then try it.

Don't worry too much about geometry, it's all fake anyway.

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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