Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:39:15 -0500 (EST) From: sycheng@cis.ufl.edu To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: [HELP] Cannot boot Message-ID: <199602161739.MAA14717@sloop.cis.ufl.edu>
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>> >> I don't know if this is a FAQ but I really need your help. > >It's been discussed here a couple of days ago. Really ! I didn't notice that. Did they work out any good way ? Thanks. > >> I just try to install FreeBSD-current into a Quantum 1280MB HD, which >> is attached to a Promise EIDE2300plus card. It is using LBA mode. > >> 1. Whole drive is dedicated to FreeBSD. (one partition). > >In this case, have you also tried it without LBA mode? FreeBSD >doesn't use it, but also doesn't need it. It doesn't suffer from a >1024-ficticuous-cylinder-limit (execept for boot where it's using the >BIOS). > Sure. I've tried to disable LBA mode from BIOS, or Promise card, or both, but none worked. Besides, I need to use DOS/Windows sometime so I don't think I will disable LBA mode even it works. Thanks a lot. Any other good suggestion ? -- Cheng, Hsiao-Yang Graduate Student ___ . TEL: 3 5 2 - 3 3 Department of Computer Information Science / \ / 8 University of Florida, Gainesville | /^~~) (~~) )Hsiao--_ 8 E-mail: sycheng@cis.ufl.edu \ // ( (~~~ / ( Yang) 4 WWW : http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~sycheng ```` ` ~~~` ` / 9 <> WE GROW GREAT BY DREAMS. ALL BIG ARE DREAMERS \ / 1 ``
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