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Date:      Sat, 6 Jul 1996 21:39:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New install using 2.2-SNAP ... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.960706213822.6874B-100000@ki.net>
In-Reply-To: <14677.836701107@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> Have you read the installation guide and the FAQ?  Paying special
> attention to the section(s) where disk geometry is mentioned? :-)
>
	*groan*  this is only a problem with IDE, isn't it? :(

	Ah well...I'll go back to my quiet hole now :(

> 						Jordan
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi...
> > 
> > 	I missed *something* when I installed a 2.2-SNAP machine on a 
> > client's network, and I'm not 100% certain if its an install setup I
> > missed, or if its somethign to do with the hardware :(
> > 
> > 	Basically, I've installed it onto a 486DX4-100 with a 1.2Gig
> > Quantum Fireball (IDE), and for some reason, I can't get it to boot off 
> > the hard drive.
> > 
> > 	I'm using the onboard IDE, and the install went cleanly, as I
> > can boot if I use the floppy and then go to wd(0,a)/kernel...
> > 
> > 	As that is about all the information that I have...can anyone
> > think of a reason why it doesn't work?  And a way to fix it without 
> > having to reinstall?
> > 
> > Thanks...
> > 
> > Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
> > Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org
> > 
> > 
> 

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org




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