Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:59:44 +0800 From: faeton <fez@bigfoot.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation with Drive Overlay (EZ-DRIVE)? Message-ID: <360F41F0.E74C1567@bigfoot.com>
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hi, recently i got rid of an old HDD and replaced it with a Maxtor 4.3G IDE one. After installing windows95 (<sigh>) without a hitch i went on to trya and install FreeBSD. After running into some problems intially with FreeBSD unable to find the primary DOS partition i discovered i had to remove the software translation (EZ-DRIVE supplied with the Maxtor) to be able to install of the DOS partition. After doing this installation goes on normally. It is when i leave installation and try and reboot FreeBSD i encounter futher problems. BootEasy won't boot DOS (i didnt expect it to without s/w translation), but FreeBSD won't boot either and just hangs. I checked the FAQ and it metnions tweaking the BIOS HDD settings but as both FreeBSD and BIOS return the following geometry: 8940 Cylinders 15 Heads 63 Sectors I don't think this will be the problem. I tried installing OSBS but it gives a Write Error (probably because of the s/w trnaslation) also to make things even more difficult FDISK hangs when i try and use it. If i try and boot FreeBSD with "wd(1,a)/kernel" at the boot: prompt i get the err msg: Error: D:0x81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Scrolling continuously.. I only have one IDE drive on my system with FreeBSD being installed in the Second partition so i assume thats the right boot prompt.. Has anyone been able to install FreeBSD on similar setups? Maxtors aren't exactly uncommon so someone must have some idea. Also if i DO get FreeBSD installed, how will i boot DOS? i think i'll just have to reinstall EZ-DRIVE and boot FreeBSD from a floppy all the time (not too bad..) Im trying to install 2.2.7R btw Regards, fae -- < fez at bigfoot dot com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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