From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 23 15:07:02 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id PAA10140 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 23 Apr 1995 15:07:02 -0700 Received: from easynet.com (easyr.easynet.net [198.67.38.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA10111 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 1995 15:06:53 -0700 Received: by easynet.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #7) id m0s39nq-000rc2C; Sun, 23 Apr 95 15:06 WET DST Message-Id: From: brian@mediacity.com (Brian Litzinger) Subject: NCR 810 based card won't boot To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 15:06:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 719 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've been trying to replace an Adaptec 1542B in my P5-90 PCI system with either a BT946C or NCR810 PCI controller. Trying to install SNAP 950412, the NCR810 controller is recognized and the whole install goes without a hitch. However, when it comes time to do the boot from the hard drive, I either get: 1) hangs, if using FDISK /mbr 2) BootManager just repeats its F? each time I press a key. The drive, Fujitsu M2664ESA, was detected by the FreeBSD install as 1 head, 63 sectors, and ~300000 or so cylinders. I changed the geometry tp 32 heads, 64 sectors and the appropriate number of cylinders. Lastly, I kept the entire FreeBSD below cylinder 1024. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian Litzinger brian@easynet.com