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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1 and NEC 2635 saga 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:24:56 MDT."
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 07:05:17 -0400
From: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com>
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 |Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:24:56 -0600 (MDT)
 |Message-Id: <199704162224.QAA09251@rocky.mt.sri.com>
 |From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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 |To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com>
 |Cc: bugs@freebsd.org
 |Subject: Re: 2.2.1 and NEC 2635 saga
 |In-Reply-To: <199704162111.RAA02467@snoopy.mv.com>
 |References: <199704162111.RAA02467@snoopy.mv.com>
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 |
 |> exit, no operating system could be found!
 |
 |This is almost *always* related to FreeBSD using different geometries
 |than the BIOS.  Use the DOS program 'pfdisk' available on the 2.1 CD to
 |check what the BIOS uses for a geometry, and make sure you set the
 |FreeBSD geometry to it *before* installing everything.
 |
 |
 |Nate
 |

Ok, so I believed what the wd probe printed and it was not
in agreement with pfdisk and FIPS. Thanks again for the
right info. Now the thing boots from the hard drive,
prints a bunch of probe messages, and locks up solid
after "apm0: disabled, not probed." Seems this is where
I was a few days ago when  you gave me the tip on
flags npx0 1. Shouldn't that flag have been saved somewhere
while "updating kernel with -c changes"?

Now waiting for battery to discharge to try and
boot with -c.

Paul