From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 03:06:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA01253 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 03:06:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from cscfx.sytex.com (rwc@cscfx.sytex.com [205.147.190.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA01247 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 03:06:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by cscfx.sytex.com id AA02588 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for questions@FreeBSD.org); Wed, 6 Dec 1995 06:06:36 -0500 From: Richard Cramer Message-Id: <199512061106.AA02588@cscfx.sytex.com> Subject: can't open 2nd disk partition To: questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 06:06:35 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello -- I am sure this problem is related to the EIDE drive and controller. I have created in the novice install, 2 disk partitions. The first one has a 32MB /, and the second 64MB swap, 300MB /usr and last a 637MB /var. The messages at boot say can't open /dev/rwd0s2e Invalid argument .... Can some either point me too where the documntation is for modifying the disk geometry at boot time.... The drive is a Seagate ST51080A EIDE drive with 2100 cylinders, 16 heads and 63 sectors per.... or suggest what to use.... Thanks, Dick -- Richard Cramer rcramer@sytex.net Phone: 703-425-2515 President Fax: 703-425-4585 Sytex Access Ltd. POB 2385, Fairfax, VA 22031-0385