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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:08:53 -0500
From:      "Andy Cox" <atcox@mindspring.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Negative HD offset and missing device cd during install
Message-ID:  <009b01bf4cf3$0ac4b250$2451f7a5@cox01>

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Hello all,

I am trying to install 3.3R (from the CD-ROM with the Complete FreeBSD) onto
an old Gateway 486 with an IDE HD. I am having problems with fdisk. When I
try to create slices, fdisk reports that the disk begins with offset -63
instead of 0. If I try to create a slice with the suggested maximum size,
the created slice also begins at offset -63.

In addition, I have an old Texel SCSI cdrom driven by a Pro Audio Spectrum
card. The "cd" device does not show up in the visual config screen. Do I
need to set it up manually, and if so, how?

Let me know if I can provide any additional information.

Thank you in advance.

Andy



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