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Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 01:53:02 -0800
To: dave@odyssey.ucc.ie (David B. O'Byrne),
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From: rsoles@SIRIUS.COM (Roger L Soles)
Subject: Re: Venturis PC installation Problem
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One suggestion (assuming the Phoenix BIOS in the DEC has a user
defined drive type) is get an IDE-INFO utility for DOS that will 
read the 'physical' disk parameters, or look them up, and set the
parameters manually to match.  Then do a IDE-FORMAT, and start
with FDISK...

>>> I'm assuming that the A suffix means IDE on your drive <<<

At 08:26 PM 2/1/95 GMT, David B. O'Byrne wrote:
>I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 on a Brand New DEC venturis PC
>4100 (dx4 100 mhz). It has Phoenix BIOS.
>
>It has a 540A type hard disk (500+ megabytes).
>
>I can boot the first floppy, and it goes ok. I got some complaint about
>it using 16 instead of 32 heds.
>
>I also changed the BIOS to use 'OTHER' rather than 'DOS' for the layout
>(whatever this does) as it reccomended doing this for anything other than
>DOS !
>
>When it reboots I get a F? or similar and it doesn't boot !
>
>any ideas ?
>
>thanks
>Dave
>
>
>
>
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