Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 12:30:26 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> To: Drew Linsalata <dlinsalata@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ad driver problems and 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <3A545ED2.7F26DC7@i-clue.de> References: <B6794059.386DF%dlinsalata@mac.com>
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Drew Linsalata schrieb: > > 1.3.2001 > > I'm seeing a slew of posts archived at DejaNews concerning the exact problem > I am seeing installing 4.0-RELEASE with two WD 15.3GB EIDE drives. The > disks and IDE controllers are detected at boot time, and fdisk seems to read > the drive geometry correctly, but I cannot newfs (either manually or via > sysinstall) as I am confronted with "slice extends beyond end of disk" and > "slice starts beyond end of disk" errors. > > I've tried all BIOS settings LBA, large, manual, etc. for these drives, but > no luck. > > Has anyone found a fix for this, should I just bite the bullet and order a > new set of CDs? Alternatively, you may just CVSup and make upgrade. Been there, done that: Three to four hours over a 56k modem line. Remember: /usr/src/UPDATING is your friend. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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