Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:22 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jeff Kreska <jeff@kreska.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael Reifenberger <root@nihil.plaut.de> Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive Message-ID: <200006200327.UAA02372@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <NDBBJACAOLMCLNLPHBIAAEIHCAAA.jeff@kreska.org>
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On 19-Jun-00 Jeff Kreska wrote: > > > I think there is something wrong with the install prog. Well, our geometry stuff isn't perfect, but part of that is do to the poor design of PC hardware. > 2 things to note: > The partition table is corrupt after a install. (even if I don't install > anything and just go into the intaller's fdisk like screen and type "w".) How do you know it is corrupt other than that it doesn't boot? > If I set the BSD partition active the system beeps at start up and says no > Operating System. You aren't using boot0, you are using /boot/mbr, which probably doesn't grok EDD, and thus can't deal with 1024 cylinders. > Are there specs for how to create a partition past the 1024 cyl? > I would like to verify that the installer is writing the correct entries to > the disk. If you formatted this disk with Windows before installing BSD (or if it came pre-formatted for example) then sysinstall got it right. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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