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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 21:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Juan Savioli <jcs@owl.dhi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Installation
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On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Juan Savioli wrote:

> Once I followed all the intallation procedures, I re-started my 
> PC, and I got as specified F1 Dos  F2 BSD. When I press F2 I just
> get the same and the same and the same. I read the Hardware.txt
> and there it is specified as an standard error when the hard
> disk is not specified correctly. Then I ran the installation 
> again, taking care that the definition of the hard disk was correct,
> but I got the same.

You have a geometry problem with your second disk.  Reinstall FreeBSD on
that disk using this procedure:

1)  Use DOS fdisk to:
	a)  Blow away the FreeBSD slice you just made.
	b)  make a small primary DOS partition on that disk.

2)  Boot the FreeBSD install floppy.
	When you get to the fdisk editor, delete the DOS slice you just
made and install FreeBSD as you did before.

BootEasy should work then.

> I was reading the FAQ, and it is mentioned that this is symptom 
> that my BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry settings do not agree.
> If this is the problem how do I solve it.

That's it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major