Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 12:56:01 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Jordon_Davidson@tvo.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setup Trouble Message-ID: <199507301956.MAA21162@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "30 Jul 95 20:22:29 GMT." <19394526.15113702@tvo.org>
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... >I am running a 75MHz Pentium box with 32 MB on board, an Adaptec AHA-1540CF >SCSI board connected to a Conner 4.2 GB hard drive and 3 Panasonic CR-504-B >CD-Rom drives. > ... > >When I hit Proceed to complete the installation I receive the following error >message. > EXEC(/stand/newfs) Failed, code=5888 > ... >I'm sure the problem is minor but I'm at a loss as to how to fix it. >A prompt response would be really helpful. >Thanks in advance, >Jordon Davidson, >Neptune Internet Services. Your problem is that the FreeBSD install got the geometry of your disks incorrect. The easiest way to get the geometry correct is to boot dos and create a dos partition on the disk. Then, once in the FreeBSD installer, you can remove that partition if you wish. The FreeBSD installer will extract the geometry from the partition table created from dos, and will work fine. The other choice is to use the G)eometry option in the partition editor of the FreeBSD install. The geometry you give will depend on whether you have extended translation enabled on your 1540. The geometry should be: With Extended Translation disabled: 64Heads 32Sectors Cylinders = #MB reported by disk probe With Extended Translation enabled: 255Heads 63Sectors Cylinders = #MB reported by disk probe/7 -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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