Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 21:20:29 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@geli.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org, rashid@haven.ios.com Subject: Re: 2.0.5- QUOTAS and install Message-ID: <199506100420.VAA01696@geli.clusternet>
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|From: "Rashid Karimov." <rashid@haven.ios.com> [interesting stuff vaporized] | Second - when some1 stucks with geometry problem | ( succesfull install,but PC can't find boot record | thereafter, so one has to boot via floppy), there | IS a simple cure ( RTFM :): TIA "FM"? I don't care that it took me a while, it's just likely it'll take most 1st time users a whole lot longer time than it took me. I've read most of TFMs there are out there. Been happy with pfdisk. Used it successfully. Would've pulled it out on the 5th try recently. | use pfdisk ( or some other utility which shows real | HD geometry ). | Using this method I was able to reinstall 2.0.5 | on 2 computers ( Adaptec PCI 2940/SCSI HDDs - 300MB, | 1Gb , 9 Gb) and guess what ? They boots now ! :) Well woop de doo! I got three up meself! They all boots now! ;-) | | -=-= STANDARD DISCLAIMER -=-=- | I don't know now if this is universal cure - but there | | | is definitely a sense to include Unix version of that | utility into the distribution and make it start | during the install ?! Confession: I didn't look for the help file this time, maybe it was there and had a reference to pfdisk? | | For those unfamiliar (if any): take a look at the HD | geometry before the installation via pfdisk.exe and change | the geometry to same value during the install ( GEOMETRY | sub-menu). If this is true it wants to live in the help file! | | Enjoy the ride :) Always have :) Well, except in The Great Slowdown, caused some short breaths then... System is looking pretty darn solid these days. Cheers, Russell | | | Rashid | |
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