Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:57:00 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: skynyrd@tahoma.cwu.edu (Chris Timmons) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.0-R install & partitioning 4gb disk problem Message-ID: <199601020127.LAA02721@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.VUL.3.91.951231135319.5413B-100000@tahoma.cwu.edu> from "Chris Timmons" at Dec 31, 95 02:35:29 pm
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Chris Timmons stands accused of saying: > I can create a working 2.1.0 system only so long as I use the 4gb disk as > a single giant partition. I have done this and the system comes up and is > happy with the 4gb drive. I am using 4095/64/32 for the disk geometry on > the micropolis, as suggested by the installation program. > > However, when I use the installation procedure to partition and label the > 4gb disk into multiple slices, I run into trouble as soon as I continue > with the part of the installation which actually writes the labels to the > disks (I am NOT using 'w' from within FDISK!): A question; why would you want to split the 4G disk into multiple partitions? > -Chris A quick check; find the "PCI bus latency timer" option in your BIOS, and make sure it's set to 32 or less. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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