From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 16 19:20:51 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 19:20:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from subnet.sub.net (subnet.sub.net [212.227.14.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F49B37B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from lyxys.ka.sub.org (uucp@localhost) by subnet.sub.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/1.2subnet-linux) with bsmtp id EAA00202; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 04:20:44 +0100 Received: from localhost (1095 bytes) by lyxys.ka.sub.org via sendmail with P:stdio/R:smart_host/T:inet_uusmtp (sender: ) (ident using unix) id for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 04:19:43 +0100 (CET) (Smail-3.2.0.111 2000-Feb-17 #1 built 2000-Aug-23) Message-Id: From: wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org (Wolfgang Zenker) Subject: Re: Can't boot off of hard disk In-Reply-To: <200012161955.OAA01320@panix2.panix.com> "from stanb@panix.com at Dec 16, 2000 02:55:14 pm" To: stanb@panix.com Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 04:19:43 +0100 (CET) Cc: FreeBSD Stable List X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL77 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > I am trying to set up 4 almost identical HP Vectras for FreeBSD 4.2 STABLE > to use at work. 3 of them ar P75's and all is well with them. The 4th is a > PP90 (VL5/90) with a much later BIOS. > I started out with 4 brand new Quantam 20G drives. The P75's BISO only sees > these as ~8G, but all seems to work fine in FreeBSD. I set these up, as I > normally do in "Dangerously dedicated" boot. mode. I have a Vectra XU 5/90C here, it does not boot if you use "Dangerously dedicated" mode but works without problem if you use a "compatible" setup. So i suggest you try this option. Wolfgang To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message