Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:35:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cant boot a new 2.0.5A system Message-ID: <199506012335.QAA00759@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199506012321.QAA11789@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Charles Henrich" at Jun 1, 95 07:21:36 pm
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> > I don't know how you other folks did it, but I can't boot a > > freshly installed 2.0.5A disk. I go through all the steps, choosing > > logical choices, but then when it goes to reboot, I get "Missing > > operating system". > > I've been having similar problems big time. It appears that the partitioning > tools are looking at the drive geometry ONLY, but newfs is using the (possibly) > translated geometries that the BIOS is reporting. This is causing me bigtime > problems :( It is 100% paramount for success that you enter the bios-geometry correct. -- Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@login.dknet.dk> -- TRW Financial Systems, Inc. 'All relevant people are pertinent' && 'All rude people are impertinent' => 'no rude people are relevant'
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