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From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
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In-reply-to: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961229152714.311L-100000@localhost> (message from
	Doug White on Sun, 29 Dec 1996 15:27:40 -0800 (PST))
Subject: Re: Problems with AHA 1542W on 2.2-BETA
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>On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Mark Diekhans wrote:
>
>> Geometry traslation is turned off, but it exhibits the classic geometry
>> translation symptoms.  Installs fine, but hangs after the `F1' prompt.
>> This system was previously running SCO, not FreeBSD, so I don't know if this
>> is something with 2-2.BETA, the hardware or something stupid I am doing.
>
>Did you try the classic solution:  put a DOS partition on there, run
>sysinstall, delete the DOS partition from sysinstall & install FreeBSD on
>the whole disk?

I figured out the real geometry with pfdisk.exe.  Didn't realize this was
ever a problem with SCSI with translation turn off.  SCO managed to work just
fine with the bogus geometry.

Thanks,
Mark