Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 08:26:17 -0400 From: Edmund_L_Mulligan@armstrong.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Install seems to work, then freezes. . . Message-ID: <85256639.00442CA0.00@mailex01.Armstrong.com>
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The newbies list suggested I forward this to the questions list. Thanks! On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 01:59:37AM -0400, Edmund_L_Mulligan@armstrong.com wrote: > > I'm installing 2.2.6 on a Packard-Bell computer (P100, ST31220A hard drive, 24MB > ram, AT-1700T network card, Matsu/Pana CDROM). Following this list and the > questions list got me through the PS2 mouse "conflict" and the "can't find > kernel" error caused by the disk geometry. However, I'm stuck again. > > The FTP install seems to go just fine, I can config everything without errors. > When I exit the install screens, remove the boot floppy, and the machine > reboots, I get the spinning cursor as \ and then | and that's it - the machine > freezes at that point with the floppy drive light on. > > When setting up the disk, I used the <G>eometry option to make the geometry > match the setting in the machine's BIOS. I'm not trying to run anything other > than 2.2.6 on this machine, so I used the whole disk defaults. With or without > the boot manager, I the frozen cursor. > > Segate's datasheet says C/H/S = 524/64/63 > The BIOS is set for 524/64/63 > The <G> option is set for 524/64/63 > pfdisk shows 524/64/63 > > FWIW, the BIOS gives the options of "Standard CHS", "Extended CHS", "Logical > Block", or "Auto Detected". > Elsewhere in Segate's manual, it shows the CHS setting as 2099/16/63 for > 2,115,792 sectors. When allowed to autodetect, this is what the BIOS finds for > the drive. > > I have tried a few hours worth of mix and match settings, but I now admit I'm > stuck. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > Ed Mulligan > elmulligan@armstrong.com > > ----------------------------------------- > Speaking for me, not for Armstrong. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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