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To: "Regner A. Cunanan" <75452.2021@compuserve.com>
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 16:34:51 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.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
> 
>