Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:15:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: john@starfire.mn.org Cc: FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: invalid partition table after installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960308101414.4920D-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603080427.WAA27407@starfire.mn.org>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 john@starfire.mn.org wrote: > I am using the updated boot floppy image for FreeBSD-2.1.0-RELEASE, > and I can't seem to be able to install on a SCSI drive without > first using DOS to create a partition (FDISK) table. Am I missing > the boat, or what? My guess here is a geometry problem. Creating the partition is allowing install to get the proper geometry for the disk. Which is the recommended method; create a small DOS partition and kill it when you create the FreeBSD partition in Install. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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