Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:34:51 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: "Regner A. Cunanan" <75452.2021@compuserve.com> Cc: FreeBSD <bugs@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problem encountered at CompuServe/Internet mail gate Message-ID: <1609.797816091@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "13 Apr 95 18:41:07 EDT." <950413224107_75452.2021_FHQ71-1@CompuServe.COM>
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This won't work in 2.0. You need to get the latest snapshot, I'm afraid! ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0-950412-SNAP Jordan > > Message number: 950413051953 75452.2021 FHQ33-1 > Sent at: 01:19 EDT 13-Apr-95 > Subject: Installing FreeBSD 2 on 2.9 Gigabytes ST43400N > > I am trying to install FreeBSD on this 2.9 Gigabytes SCSI drive. MSDOS occup ies > the first 650 Megabytes, OS2 the next 200 Megs and the rest assigned to BSD. > The root is assigned next as 50 Megs, followed by SWAP (128Megs) and the rest > for /usr. I keep getting FATAL error code 5888. When I change the geometry > from the mapped geometry to DISK specs, the load continues but when I am > supposed to reset and boot again to complete the installation, the boot manag er > just loops whether I chose BSD, MSDOS or OS2. Plus when I boot from floppy a nd > use MSDOS fdisk, it can not read the fdisk table. > > I think the problem is that the mapping to handle > 1 Gigabyte disk in SCSI i s > not being handle correctly. Would appreciate all help I can get. > > PS: I tried using a smaller SCSI drive and it installed correctly. But I sur e > would like to just use the large disk I just bought for this purpose. > > How do I join your group to work on this problem if no one else is interested in > it? > > Thanks..Regner > >
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