Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:53:15 +0200 (EET) From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, phk@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA install failure Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961123134957.15195C-100000@creator.gu.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <199611231117.VAA22545@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > > You are using an NCR controller, or some other SCSI controller that > reads the partition table out of the MBR. The 'dangerously dedicated' > mode won't work with these controllers, as they become _very_ confused > by it. Dear Michael, I can't agree with you here. I've been using NCR's for 2 years and even now a box with one is near me installed a while ago. Each and every such a box with just any HDD brand was installed in a 'dangerously dedicated' fascion and it just worked. -- Best, Andrew Stesin nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE
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