Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 01:54:21 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bugs@FreeBSD.org, gineoh@engin.umich.edu Subject: Re: Can't install 2.0-RELEASE on EIDE HD Message-ID: <199503171554.BAA22809@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>drive. Here's the default CMOS geometry: > cylndrs heads sectors size > 525 64 63 1083 megabytes >problem is FreeBSD says it can't handle 64 heads and reverts to 16 in >which case it will then not boot from the hard disk. I have tried Yes, it can't handle 64 heads, and it makes matters worse by reverting to 16 heads without correspondingly adjusting the number of sectors and cylinders. 64 heads used to be a configuration error. This configuration might work iff the BSD partition starts on the first head on the first cylinder, i.e., on a sectore < 63. >setting the cmos to 16 heads and 2100 cylinders which seems to work for >BSD and allows me use of the entire disk, but then the DOS partition >doesn't work. I have tried writing my own partition table with different This confguration might work if all bootable partitions are keep below cylinder 1024. Bruce
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