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Date:      Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jan Koum <jkb@best.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "Read error" part II
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980406131059.18904S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980405185302.17091A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>

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On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Jan Koum wrote:

> 	Same problem, different machine. I am installing 2.2.6-RELEASE on
> Seagate Barracuda 34371W SCSI disk with 2940UW Adaptec card. All disk is
> going to the FreeBSD ("dangerous dedicated" mode). Every time after
> install I get "Read Error". I tried to use different geometries and
> even splitting the drive into different BSD partitions. No luck.

What BIOS? Award BIOSes are known to get pushy about the disklabel.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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