Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 17:43:34 +1000 From: brett_robertson@ccon.com.au (Brett Robertson) To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Inability to use certain SCSI drives Message-ID: <v02120d00aca11cd99a1a@[172.17.12.200]>
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Gentlemen, I am experiencing a problem with snapshot 950726. I am trying to install onto a 1G SCSI drive, an IBM DPES 31080. I get a message from the Installer saying that there is a problem with the drive geometry. The drive has 4903 cylinders, 4 heads and 108 sectors. I ignored the problem, created the partition and installed FreeBSD. I then tried to boot from the drive, only to get a message stating that there was no operating system on the drive. I have also tried a Quantum 1050S with a geometry of 2448/12/92, an IBM DSAS-3360 350M, a Fujitsu 1G, a Quantum 350 and a Quantum 540 all with cylinder counts of greater than 2400. The Installer reports that every one of them has a geometry problem. I am using a Compaq 486SX25 with 12M RAM and an Adaptec 1540 SCSI controller. Am I doing something wrong? Have I forgotten to do something? Is this a known problem? Is there a fix/patch available? Thanks in advance Brett R. P.S. I do have a 160M Quantum SCSI drive that is working on this system, but it is far to small to be usable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this world of NetSurfing, I'm the poor sod who has to wax the surfboards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Robertson | brett_robertson@ccon.com.au. Technical Support Consultant | Choice Connections | this space is intentionally left blank Melbourne, Australia | I couldn't think of anything to put here ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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