From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 28 00:59:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA23471 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:59:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from opera.iinet.net.au (opera.iinet.net.au [203.59.24.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA23457 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:59:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fez@bigfoot.com) Received: from bigfoot.com (grunge155.nv.iinet.net.au [203.59.25.155]) by opera.iinet.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA11037 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:58:50 +0800 Message-ID: <360F41F0.E74C1567@bigfoot.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:59:44 +0800 From: faeton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation with Drive Overlay (EZ-DRIVE)? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, recently i got rid of an old HDD and replaced it with a Maxtor 4.3G IDE one. After installing windows95 () 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