Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:12:55 -0500 From: Drew Linsalata <dlinsalata@mac.com> To: <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ad driver problems and 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <B679FD27.38873%dlinsalata@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <3A545ED2.7F26DC7@i-clue.de>
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Actually, I'll probably just take the box down to one of our DS-3 POPs and just install a different version via FTP. The box is brand new, so updating via CVSup is not an option, is it? - Drew > From: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> > Organization: i-clue interactive > Reply-To: christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de > Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 12:30:26 +0100 > To: Drew Linsalata <dlinsalata@mac.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: ad driver problems and 4.0-RELEASE > > > > Drew Linsalata schrieb: >> >> 1.3.2001 >> >> I'm seeing a slew of posts archived at DejaNews concerning the exact problem >> I am seeing installing 4.0-RELEASE with two WD 15.3GB EIDE drives. The >> disks and IDE controllers are detected at boot time, and fdisk seems to read >> the drive geometry correctly, but I cannot newfs (either manually or via >> sysinstall) as I am confronted with "slice extends beyond end of disk" and >> "slice starts beyond end of disk" errors. >> >> I've tried all BIOS settings LBA, large, manual, etc. for these drives, but >> no luck. >> >> Has anyone found a fix for this, should I just bite the bullet and order a >> new set of CDs? > > Alternatively, you may just CVSup and make upgrade. Been there, done > that: Three to four hours over a 56k modem line. Remember: > /usr/src/UPDATING is your friend. > > HTH > -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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