Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:00:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael D. Corbett" <mcorbett@halcyon.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems installing FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960304192621.9487A-100000@chinook.halcyon.com>
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Newbie attempting to install 2.1, please set phasors no higher than stun. :) The system: 100 MHz Pentium, Intel Triton chipset. PCI Bus. Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI-to-Fast SCSI Host Adaptor. Connor CFP1080S 4649 1.02 Gb hard drive (Drive 0, for BSD) Connor CFP1080S 4649 1.02 Gb hard drive (Drive 1, for Linux) Toshiba 6X SCSI CD ROM. The background: Brand new system, BSD is the first thing being loaded. Installation seems to go fine, all hardware is recognized with no problems. I start a "Novice Installation" Seemed appropriate. First sign of trouble: FDISK (or whatever it's called in BSD land) complains about the Geometry of drive 0. I notice it's set to 1030/64/32. I read the docs. Seems I should change it to have fewer than 1024 cylenders. Okay, I make it 515/128/32. I do this for both drives, as I'm putting the swap partition for BSD on the second hard drive. Installation completes without another hitch, I install the Boot Manager only on HD 0, having made root bootable. Upon reboot (when installation completes) I get the F1, F2 menu, and I press F1 and nothing. :( It prints the menu over and over, but will not boot. I have tried reinstalling many, many times, with various Geometries. Nothing seems to work. I also tried installing no boot manager, and went with a standard MBR, I get "missing operating system" BSD Guru's, please help!!! This has been going on for days and I'm getting frustrated! Thanks - Mike -- Mike Corbett Fax: +1.206.885.1087 BEST Consulting Voice: +1.206.556.8008 At: Digital Systems International net: mcorbett@halcyon.com #include <std_disclaimer.h>
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