Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:00:05 +1000 From: "Geoff Marshall" <xgcm@bunzl.com.au> To: "Howard Lew" <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... Message-ID: <199707012314.JAA15718@oznet07.ozemail.com.au>
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Thanks, but it contains only Win'95. No manager. ---------- > From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> > To: Geoff Marshall <xgcm@bunzl.com.au> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... > Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 2:36 PM > > On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Geoff Marshall wrote: > > > Err... > > > > I have tried several times to install FreeBSD 2.1 on a machine with WD > > Caviar disks. > > The first is a 31600 (holds Win'95) and the second is a 34000 on a PCI > > controller. > > > > When my installation completes, the bootmanager fails to recognise the > > second disk. > > The FAQ says this is due to incorrect disk geometry and suggests:- > > > > (1) a small DOS partition on the disk firs (didn't work) > > (2) using the entire disk for FreeBSD (didn't work) > > (3) Entering the disk geometry by hand (didn't work) > > > > Anybody got any clues as to what to try next ? > > Do you have a disk manager on drive C? If so, that is most likely the cause. > Test this, by unhooking Drive C and see if Drive D (which has FreeBSD) > will boot by itself. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Geoff C. Marshall, +61 3 9212 9380 (work) xgcm@bunzl.com.au > > Systems Administrator, +61 3 9752 6503 (home) count@nemesis.com.au > > Bunzl Australia Limited +61 419 579 357 (mobile) count@ozemail.com.au > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) > > You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless > > tendency to rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority > > of Sagittarians are drunks or dope fiends or both. People > > laugh at you a great deal. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro > Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com > ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
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