From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 19 20:27:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F4C37BB65 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.geekhouse.net [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA02959; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA02372; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200006200327.UAA02372@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:27:22 -0700 (PDT) Organization: BSD, Inc. From: John Baldwin To: Jeff Kreska Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael Reifenberger Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- 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