Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:27:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Wes Peters <wes@phbtsus.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Troubled FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961115162145.3809P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611151713.JAA20127@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Wes Peters wrote: > Actually, you were right the first time. Apparently the bootblocks have > the location of the boot code embedded in them somehow (probably when > disklabel writes the bootblocks). When I finally re-installed using the > *real* disk geometry, rather than the default lame-brain "LBA" mode, > everything worked fine. I've got 2.1.5-RELEASE installed on the machine > now, running off a WD21000 (wd0), with a WD21600 (wd2) for storage. > This is going to be the CVS server for my workgroup at work; a very > important machine. Alright! I was really getting strained to come up with excuses :) > Thanks for the help. I nominate Doug as "Keeper of the FreeBSD > Questions flame." ;^) The Core Team has warned me that they want to nominate me for FreeBSD Sainthood, so I'd better be careful :) [ humble mode re-activated ] ... but I think I'll go back to reading mail now before I get too caught up in the moment. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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