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Date:      Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:49:07 +0530
From:      "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
To:        yraffah@savola.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't boot with a new install
Message-ID:  <84dead720603280019x20970e5ap22e64563d66847@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1143531010.4924.254.camel@Tuxntosh.savola.com>
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> # fdisk /dev/ad0
> ******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
> parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
> cylinders=3D155061 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl)
>
> Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
> parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
> cylinders 155061 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl)
>
> Media sector size is 512
> Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
> Information from DOS bootblock is:
> The data for partition 1 is:
> sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
>         start 63, size 156296322 (76316 Meg), flag 80 (active)
>                 beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
>                 end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
> The data for partition 2 is:
> <UNUSED>
> The data for partition 3 is:
> <UNUSED>
> The data for partition 4 is:
> <UNUSED>

The following URL may be of help:

  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/install.html#GEOMETRY

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