Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 19:39:49 -0700 From: Eric Hoffman <hoffman@Ipsilon.COM> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: 2.0.5 scsi boot configuration whine Message-ID: <199506070239.TAA20436@servo.ipsilon.com>
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I would not ask here, but I have tried several things including fdisk with a 2.0 boot disk with a 2.0.5 install after that. the basic problem I have is "paritition out of reach from the bios" error when an attempt is made to boot sd(0,a)/kernel. This drive/controller hasn't had any problems running 2.0 stock or any of the SNAPs. I have a single drive on an NCR SCSI with an unfortunate geometry: 2234/7/68. It doesn't seem to matter if the FreeBSD starts at 0, 4 (which is where 2.0.5 puts it), or 68 (which is where 2.0.5 will put it after being corrected about the geometry using "G" in the new fdisk). when corrected about the geometry, it will come up next time as 37978/7/4, the same total number of blocks, but using BIOSs 6 bit sector count. an unfortunate victim of geometry translation?
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