Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:25:22 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Roelof Osinga" <roelof@nisser.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: disk cylinder count wrong Message-ID: <034901bf2620$68d59520$bdc3fea9@megared.net.mx> References: <382054E6.67A72B4D@nisser.com>
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Hi,
You have to use LBA mode.
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>
To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 9:29 AM
Subject: disk cylinder count wrong
> I've put together a machine from some parts lying around. Not the most
> recent ones. Most notably a 75 MHz Pentium (clocked at 90) on an Intel
> Plato MB. The disk is a somewhat more recent Quantum EL 5.1 Fireball.
>
> This disk has several layouts:
>
> cyl's hds sec mode
> 10602 15 63 NORMAL
> 623 255 63 LBA
> 662 240 63 LARGE
>
> I installed 3.3 using FTP with the BIOS set to LARGE addressing mode.
> Install went smooth. Although I did notice that fdisk reported the
> disk as having NORMAL mode.
>
> After install was done I proceeded with the reboot.
>
> Up to the "Default: F1" prompt all went fine. Thereafter all that
> happenned was the appearance of a "-" (or "_") below the D from Default
> and that was that.
>
> So, how to proceed. I assume that it is somehow getting the wrong
> disk parameters although I would've thought at this point all goes
> through the BIOS.
>
> What I'ld do just as lief is booting through diskettes, telling it
> which disk to use and be done with it. However that is not as simple
> as it ought to be. I manage to boot and access the fixit disk, but not
> more than that. The root still points to some diskette and when you
> exit it wants to reboot.
>
> During the boot process I did manage to list some disk specifics:
>
> disk1s1a: FFS 40 MB (63 - 81983)
> disk1s1b: FFS 132 MB (81983 - 354143)
> disk1s1e: swap 20 MB (354143 - 395103)
> disk1s1f: FFS 4694 MB (395103 - 10009440)
>
> Finally, when booting under Linux (floppies) that does detect the
> correct BIOS parameters.
>
> If anyone has some pointers, please be so kind.
>
> Roelof
>
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