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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 21:43:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: KAxtell <kaxtell@ibm.net>
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Subject: Re: Installation assistance with a Adaptec 154X SCSI Controller
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It's been a long time , but SCSI systems din't care about the geometry.
the message may be coming from code that is shared between SCSI an dIDE,
in which case you can probably ignore the message.

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, KAxtell wrote:

> I need some general assistance attempting to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a
> system with a Adaptec AHA-1540B/1542B SCSI Controller.
> 
> This is my first exposure to UNIX, so please bare with my lack of
> knowledge.....
> 
> During the initial steps of the installation I am receiving a message
> that states the drive geometry of 2479/8/69 for sd0 is not correct.  I
> understand that I need to change this with whatever translation mode the
> Adaptec controller is using.  I have been unable to locate this
> information.  Adaptec's WWW page was of little help, except to state
> they only support SCO Unix and UnixWare.
> 
> I would appreciate any information you may provide to help me in
> completing this installation.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> K. Axtell
> 
> 
> 
>