From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 1 16:15:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA29322 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ozemail.com.au (server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net [203.108.7.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29305 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oznet07.ozemail.com.au (oznet07.ozemail.com.au [203.2.192.122]) by ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA07142; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:14:53 +1000 (EST) Received: from mycroft (slmel11p54.ozemail.com.au [203.108.200.70]) by oznet07.ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA15718; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:14:51 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199707012314.JAA15718@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> From: "Geoff Marshall" To: "Howard Lew" Cc: Subject: Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:00:05 +1000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks, but it contains only Win'95. No manager. ---------- > From: Howard Lew > To: Geoff Marshall > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... > Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 2:36 PM > > On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Geoff Marshall wrote: > > > Err... > > > > I have tried several times to install FreeBSD 2.1 on a machine with WD > > Caviar disks. > > The first is a 31600 (holds Win'95) and the second is a 34000 on a PCI > > controller. > > > > When my installation completes, the bootmanager fails to recognise the > > second disk. > > The FAQ says this is due to incorrect disk geometry and suggests:- > > > > (1) a small DOS partition on the disk firs (didn't work) > > (2) using the entire disk for FreeBSD (didn't work) > > (3) Entering the disk geometry by hand (didn't work) > > > > Anybody got any clues as to what to try next ? > > Do you have a disk manager on drive C? If so, that is most likely the cause. > Test this, by unhooking Drive C and see if Drive D (which has FreeBSD) > will boot by itself. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Geoff C. Marshall, +61 3 9212 9380 (work) xgcm@bunzl.com.au > > Systems Administrator, +61 3 9752 6503 (home) count@nemesis.com.au > > Bunzl Australia Limited +61 419 579 357 (mobile) count@ozemail.com.au > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) > > You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless > > tendency to rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority > > of Sagittarians are drunks or dope fiends or both. People > > laugh at you a great deal. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro > Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com > ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >