Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 20:50:15 +0200 (MET DST) From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) To: gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.05R: failure to get fd parameters correctly Message-ID: <199506181850.UAA03786@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <199506181756.KAA23238@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Jun 18, 95 10:56:16 am
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > >I tried to install 2.05R on a CSSI only system with a 2GB Quantum > >EMPIRE_2100S (Btw: dont try this at hoime..that disk sucks) > >Anyway: after installing all of it, it failed to boot from the > >fixed disk with a missing operating system. > >So I tried to reinstall it but now I chang4ed the geomtery to > >what 2.0R reported when booting. This just failed. Every key I touched > >I got this popu menu shouting that I entered the wrong geometry :-( > >I `solved' the problem by adding a dos partition of 1 meg, but this > >is bad. I dont want DOS. And I dont understand why I caanot use the geometry > >reported by 2.0R when booting for the 2.05R installs... > > > >-Guido > > I installed to an Empire 2100 last nigt using the standard Adaptec > geometry since it was hanging of a 2742T. What kind of disk controller > are you using? OOps...sorry: An ncr 53c810 controller. This is waht 2.0R thought of it: sd2: 2006MB (4108600 total sec), 3053 cyl, 12 head, 112 sec, bytes/sec 512 -Guido
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199506181850.UAA03786>