Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 01:53:02 -0800 From: rsoles@SIRIUS.COM (Roger L Soles) To: dave@odyssey.ucc.ie (David B. O'Byrne), freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Venturis PC installation Problem Message-ID: <9502020946.AA18482@SIRIUS.COM>
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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 > > > > //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Roger L Soles // PO Box 280785 // San Francisco, CA 94124-0785
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