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Date:      Sun, 18 Jun 1995 10:56:16 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com>
To:        guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.05R: failure to get fd parameters correctly 
Message-ID:  <199506181756.KAA23238@freefall.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jun 95 19:43:47 %2B0200." <199506181743.TAA03536@gvr.win.tue.nl> 

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>I tried to install 2.05R on a CSSI only system with a 2GB Quantum
>EMPIRE_2100S (Btw: dont try this at hoime..that disk sucks)
>Anyway: after installing all of it, it failed to boot from the
>fixed disk with a missing operating system.
>So I tried to reinstall it but now I chang4ed the geomtery to 
>what 2.0R reported when booting. This just failed. Every key I touched
>I got this popu menu shouting that I entered the wrong geometry :-(
>I `solved' the problem by adding a dos partition of 1 meg, but this
>is bad. I dont want DOS. And I dont understand why I caanot use the geometry
>reported by 2.0R when booting for the 2.05R installs...
>
>-Guido

I installed to an Empire 2100 last nigt using the standard Adaptec
geometry since it was hanging of a 2742T.  What kind of disk controller
are you using?
--
Justin T. Gibbs
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  Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM
  FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations
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