From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 16:11:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA10255 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:11:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA10250 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:11:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA05626; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:53:20 -0700 Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:53:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: SINELNIKOV@sbmp04.ess.sunysb.edu cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help!!! Cannot boot to FreeBSD! Lost in *@$\~!)&... In-Reply-To: <960425212457.204010b5@sbmp04.ess.sunysb.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 25 Apr 1996 SINELNIKOV@sbmp04.ess.sunysb.edu wrote: > However, I still cannot start with FreeBSD from just installed version. > I checked everything, eliminated all conflicts in config menu, checked all > drivers, irq, ports, memories. Sure, I made sure that disk gepmetry was ok. > I even remeber it from the top of my head 989cyl/15head/55sect! Question is, is this what FreeBSD thinks it is? (in sysinstall/fdisk) Try making a small DOS partition on that disk. Blow it up in sysinstall and install FreeBSD over it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major