Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:41:28 -0500 From: mh <bikeIN@canada.com> To: Administrator <stash@cns.spb.ru> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LBA and loader -> problem Message-ID: <3A259428.6DD3897C@canada.com> References: <41A4E43D1765D3118C41000001013BDD044DFF@SERVER>
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dude, Rick is going to be pissed about this question! Better ask it on freebsd-questions! mike Administrator wrote: > Hi! > I have faced following problem: > I've installed FreeBSD 4.1.1 on WD drive with LBA mode on. > Everything works fine, except that on the very first boot stage (BMX > loader) > the system works VERY SLOW (it takes about several minutes to get to the > kernel > loading stage), and the drive makes some snaping sounds like if the drive > head > hits somethig. But after the kernel starts loading - everythig works > fine. > After trying different choises of disk geometry in BIOS setup > (actually 3 - LBA, NORMAL and LARGE) I found out that the problem vanishes > when setting LARGE mode. > I can't use this mode permanently , cause I have several more OSes on this > drive and they won't boot > in any mode except LBA. > In the logs I see that the FreeBSD system thinks that the drive C/H/S > "signature" is NORMAL, no matter what i set up in BIOS. > > Can anyone give me some direction to work in? > Thanx in advance > > PS: sorry for my bad english. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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