Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 14:26:33 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, fenner@parc.xerox.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, phk@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA install failure Message-ID: <199611240356.OAA23972@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <96Nov23.095229pst.177557@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from Bill Fenner at "Nov 23, 96 09:52:18 am"
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Bill Fenner stands accused of saying: > In message <199611231117.VAA22545@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> you write: > >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. > > Oh, how scary. (Yes, I'm using an NCR controller). If this is really true, > then I would think that the install should mention it when it's warning you > that you really don't want to use dangerously dedicated. It's not until very recently that this has been formally tested. Rod G. is of the opinion that the problem is at least partly to do with the synthetic geometry nominated by the installer, which is quite possible. > Bill -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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