Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:55:53 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Andrew Sherrod <ixkatl@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <3828B489.60D3F3FB@nisser.com> References: <19991107163341.10700.rocketmail@web119.yahoomail.com>
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Andrew Sherrod wrote: > > There IS a patch for the disk geometry problem. (Thus > I have been repeatedly told it is NOT a REAL problem.) > > ... > > (Oh, please ignore the one mistake blaming the problem > on BIOS rather than disk controller. Otherwise, I > stand behind everything written in the bug reports.) Great news. However in my case it really was a BIOS problem. Once I had wiped the disk I tried to install DOS. No go. Next set BIOS to LBA (from LARGE), no go. Finally set to CHS. Go. So there were two problems in parallel. FreeBSD did not recognize the BIOS settings correctly. But also the BIOS seemingly did not function as advertised even for OS's that did use it. Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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