From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 14 20:48:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA29501 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:48:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ha1.rdc1.nj.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.nj.home.com [24.3.128.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA29496 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:48:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luomat@luomat.peak.org) Received: from luomat.peak.org ([24.2.83.40]) by ha1.rdc1.nj.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA19107 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 20:47:58 -0800 Received: (from luomat@localhost) by luomat.peak.org (8.8.5/8.8.7) id XAA02046 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 23:47:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711150447.XAA02046@luomat.peak.org> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.1mach v148) X-Image-URL: http://www.peak.org/~luomat/next/luomat@peak.org.tiff X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 4.1mach (Enhance 2.0b6.5) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.148.RR) From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Fri, 14 Nov 97 23:47:51 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: But I *read* the FAQ!! X-Image-URL-Disclaimer: hey, it's off my student ID, gimme a break ;-) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ37.html#37 2.17. I can't get past the boot manager's `F?' prompt. This is another symptom of the problem described in the preceding question. Your BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry settings do not agree! If your controller or BIOS supports cylinder translation (often marked as ``>1GB drive support''), try toggling its setting and reinstalling FreeBSD. Ok, I admit, I didn't read this until AFTER the installation only to get stuck at the f1.....bsd f? prompt. So I changed the setting on my Adaptec 2940 (``extended BIOS translation'') from ENABLED to DISABLED. Then I installed *again* (argh) and after it was done it said f1.....bsd f? ARGH! What did I do wrong? TjL, FBSD (ween|newb)ie