From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 10:51:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA07135 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:51:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA07129 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:51:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA01419; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:51:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:51:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Engelhardq cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: seagate ST32272N disk geometry In-Reply-To: <34BD3ED7.D407E859@cbn.net.id> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Engelhardq wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 to 2.1 GB SEagate ST32272N. > After finish the installation, the Boot Manager can not boot > the operating system. It displays "F1 BSD" but the kernel don't > boot when I enter F1. it just repeats the same messages > boot...bla..bla..bla > this problem is describing exactly on online hardware FAQ, that the > fdisk doesn't partition the hard disk rightly because it fails > to configure the disk geometry. > so, the question is what is the disk geometry for seagate ST32272N > baracuda?? That's not the info you need. You should: 1. Blow away the FreeBSD slice. 2. Put a small primary DOS partition on the disk (DOS doesn't need to be on there). 3. Install FreeBSD, destroying the DOS partition in the process. BootEasy should now work. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major