Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:31:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40334 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212101531.qBAFVRoc046025@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Mon Dec 10 15:31:26 2012 New Revision: 40334 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40334 Log: Manually mucking with disk geometry is obsolete. Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:31:24 2012 (r40333) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Mon Dec 10 15:31:26 2012 (r40334) @@ -3204,37 +3204,6 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i82 </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question id="boot-read-error"> - <para>Why does &os;'s boot loader display <errorname>Read - error</errorname> and stop after the BIOS screen?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>&os;'s boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard - drive's geometry. This must be manually set within - &man.fdisk.8; when creating or modifying &os;'s - slice.</para> - - <para>The correct drive geometry values can be found within - the machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads - and sectors for the particular drive.</para> - - <para>Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit - <keycap>G</keycap> to set the drive geometry.</para> - - <para>A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, - heads and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS - separated by forward slashes. For example, values of 5000 - cylinders, 250 heads, and 60 sectors would be entered as - <userinput>5000/250/60</userinput>.</para> - - <para>Press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to set the values, and hit - <keycap>W</keycap> to write the new partition table to the - drive.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question id="bootmanager-restore"> <para>Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager. How do I get it back?</para>
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