Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:43:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: faisal.ali@gsxxi.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Workaround for boot problems Message-ID: <200012192343.eBJNhBQ14066@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:45:23 EST." <000001c06a0d$60499cd0$c715020a@GLOBAL73CSFBAI>
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> I have a Mylex DAC960PL card on which FreeBSD 4.2 Release did not boot. I
> checked the "Trouble.txt" file for suggestion to fix the problem. The advise
> did not help.
Which advice in particular? I assume that you already had the adapter
set to 2GB mode?
You should also have verified that the drive geometry detected by
sysinstall was correct (???/128/32); I suspect in your case that this was
the problem.
> I don't know why but I assume the incorrect drive geometry is detected by
> the FDISK editor.
That's correct; if there's garbage on the disk, or just bad geometry
information, sysinstall gets it wrong.
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