Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:05:50 -0600 From: "Jay L. West" <jlwest@tseinc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: HELP! Install woes on ESDI drive. Message-ID: <01bcf69f$b7e36fa0$0c01a8c0@ws2.tse.com>
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I'm installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 Release. Made the boot floppy and used it to install a machine from CD-ROM distribution. All went fine, so I know the boot floppy is ok. Now, I'm trying to install via ftp onto a different machine with the following configuration: Dell 386/DX33. 8mb Ram. Two NE2000 compatible ethernet cards. Adaptec 2322D ESDI disk/floppy controller. Maxtor ESDI XT-4380E hard drive. During initial installation, I get the message: /mnt/dev/wd0s1f on /mnt/usr Invalid argument and a bit later another message just like the above except about a different filesystem (swap maybe?)... I suspect the problem is with the hard drive/controller, so here's more info on those: Disk: 1224 cylinders, 15 heads, (35,36) RLL sectors/track Supposedly with ESDI you set the CMOS bios to drive type 1 no matter what. The bios doesn't support user defined hard drive types, just a stock list (all less than 1024 cylinders, hum..). The controller bios (debug, g=c800:5) lets you set special options, either 17spt, 63spt, or no translation at all. I've tried all of these with exactly the same results. Just to check out the drive I installed DOS 5.0 on it, and it formats fine. I searched the mailinglist archives and couldn't find anything specific about this. I'm at a dead end on this one with a deadline to meet <grin>. Any ideas? Jay West (jlwest@tseinc.com) TSE
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