From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 5 13:18:38 2001 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 13:18:33 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com (sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com [192.215.234.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 667BD37B698 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:18:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1686 invoked by uid 1078); 5 Jan 2001 21:18:44 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Jan 2001 21:18:44 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:18:44 -0800 (PST) From: Gordon Tetlow X-X-Sender: To: Mike Smith Cc: , , Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server will not recognize boot record for some reason In-Reply-To: <200101050719.f057Jlt03498@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > This is a FAQ; you have a geometry mismatch. > > Make sure the BIOS on the card is set for 2GB mode, make sure sysinstall > detects a */128/32 geometry. 8GB mode doesn't work (my fault, will be > fixed once I get my lab set up and some free time). Hmm, I just installed it using 8GB mode (4.2-RELEASE) and it booted no problem. I then tried 4.0-RELEASE and it worked. In my previous experience it hadn't. I'm going to revisit the boxes that don't boot and play with them a bit. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message