Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:00:23 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: sycheng@cis.ufl.edu Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HELP] Cannot boot Message-ID: <199602160900.KAA00556@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199602160418.XAA07428@sloop.cis.ufl.edu> from "sycheng@cis.ufl.edu" at Feb 15, 96 11:18:20 pm
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As sycheng@cis.ufl.edu wrote: > > I don't know if this is a FAQ but I really need your help. It's been discussed here a couple of days ago. > I just try to install FreeBSD-current into a Quantum 1280MB HD, which > is attached to a Promise EIDE2300plus card. It is using LBA mode. > 1. Whole drive is dedicated to FreeBSD. (one partition). In this case, have you also tried it without LBA mode? FreeBSD doesn't use it, but also doesn't need it. It doesn't suffer from a 1024-ficticuous-cylinder-limit (execept for boot where it's using the BIOS). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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