From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jan 25 18:52:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA23063 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from onyx.kachinatech.com (root@[204.238.18.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA23058 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:52:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from intersoft@onyx.kachinatech.com) Received: from ts1-1.ny.cnct.com (ts1-1.ny.cnct.com [207.111.66.101]) by onyx.kachinatech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA03843 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 19:45:02 -0700 Received: by ts1-1.ny.cnct.com with Microsoft Mail id <01BD29DD.33ECA560@ts1-1.ny.cnct.com>; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:04:27 -0500 Message-ID: <01BD29DD.33ECA560@ts1-1.ny.cnct.com> From: Geoff Marshall To: "'freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Documentation inadequate Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:04:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id SAA23059 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 2.17. I can't get past the boot manager's `F?' prompt. This is another symptom of the problem described in the preceding question. Your BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry settings do not agree! If your controller or BIOS supports cylinder translation (often marked as ``>1GB drive support''), try toggling its setting and reinstalling FreeBSD. This is is a totaly inadequate response. My BIOS geometry and that of the 'partition' frame coincide perfectly and I have a 200MB disk, but will the crummy thing boot? Will it hell!!! Do you people really WANT others to use this OS, or is it just for Computer Science PhD's ? Geoff Marshall