Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:39:42 -0800 (PST) From: rec@RCousins.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/15631: 3.4 won't install with IBM 37.5 gb disks Message-ID: <19991222183942.28D8D14D6E@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 15631 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 3.4 won't install with IBM 37.5 gb disks >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 22 10:40:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Cousins >Release: 3.4 >Organization: Cousins Consulting >Environment: N/A >Description: I've tried installing FreeBSD 3.4 on *KNOWN GOOD HARDWARE* using a *NEW* IBM 37.5 gb IDE disk. The installation dies as soon as it build the filesystems and begins to copy files onto the disk. I rebuilt the generic kernel on the install floppy (setting flags to 0xb0ffb0ff) and the install completed, but on reboot the filesystems were too corrupt -- fsck gave up. >How-To-Repeat: Take any machine with an IBM 37.5 gb IDE disk as the primary system disk and perform the install from floppy. I will lend the disk to a developer or contribute money to buy one. I just want the bug(s) fixed. >Fix: N/A Linux doesn't support IDE disks > 32 gb either. I don't know if there is a BIOS interaction here, or not on top of everything else. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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