From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 15:32:58 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 15:32:56 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-107.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CD337B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:32:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBJNhBQ14066; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:43:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012192343.eBJNhBQ14066@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: faisal.ali@gsxxi.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Workaround for boot problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:45:23 EST." <000001c06a0d$60499cd0$c715020a@GLOBAL73CSFBAI> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:43:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a Mylex DAC960PL card on which FreeBSD 4.2 Release did not boot. I > checked the "Trouble.txt" file for suggestion to fix the problem. The advise > did not help. Which advice in particular? I assume that you already had the adapter set to 2GB mode? You should also have verified that the drive geometry detected by sysinstall was correct (???/128/32); I suspect in your case that this was the problem. > I don't know why but I assume the incorrect drive geometry is detected by > the FDISK editor. That's correct; if there's garbage on the disk, or just bad geometry information, sysinstall gets it wrong. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message