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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 07:59:05 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bugs@FreeBSD.org, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com
Subject: Re: 2.0R latest boot floppy bug(?)
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>386DX/25, Seagate ST-277R1 60MB RLL disk.

>I run the boot floppy, kernel loads, gives me 

>....
>wd0: type unknown
>1025 cyl, 256 head, 0 sect somethingorother
>....
>changing root device to fd0c


>Fatal trap 18: integer divide fault while in kernel mode

Did it once work?

Apparently the geometry obtained from the BIOS is unreliable.
It seems to be 1023 cylinders (the driver adds 2 for bogus
reasons), 256 heads (physically impossible) and 0 sectors
(also physically impossible).

Bruce