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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:12:00 +0100
From:      J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        a2i support account <support@rahul.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "dangerously dedicated"
Message-ID:  <20000404141200.B6969@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000404101316.6F8A899EA0@waltz.rahul.net>; from support@rahul.net on Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 03:13:16AM -0700
References:  <freebsd-stable.14562.29670.896409.578807@onceler.kcilink.com> <20000404101316.6F8A899EA0@waltz.rahul.net>

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On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 03:13:16AM -0700, a2i support account wrote:
> Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> writes:
> 
> >So I guess I'll just go away because
> >it is way to hostile around here.
> 
> Here is my algorithm, which has worked so far on a number of machines:
> 
> 1. Set the disk type in the BIOS to be NORMAL.
> 2. Install FreeBSD 'dangerously dedicated'.
> 3. If it hangs at boot time, don't reinstall, simply
>    go into the BIOS and change the disk type to be LBA.  Reboot.
> 
> Only if the above fails should you fall back to reinstalling with a
> partition table.

I did a dangerously dedicated install on my laptop, and then after reading
these posts i got concerned.  But so far i have not had any problems.  Of
course, i won't be installing windows again, either.  ;-)


jm
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