Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:54:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: praj <praj@nando.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometry Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960312125218.7665B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603120421.XAA08534@bessel.nando.net>
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On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, praj wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to install FreeBSD 2.1.0 on my Aptiva PC. This is a 1 GB IDE > drive. Apparently i was successful with installing it as i am able to set > up accounts, log in create files and save them, etc. > > But during installation i noticed that the disk geometry freebsd is using > is different from that of my disk.I would like to know how i can set up > freebsd to recognize the same disk geometry as my pc's disk. If it's working, I wouldn't worry about it. :-) Geometry is quite fuzzy. Most likely you are using a disk translator (I think the Aptiva's have them built in) and FreeBSD and DOS/Win95/?? sees it differently. > Also i would like to set up ppp/kermit dialup access. What should i do > for this? Is there any doc that tells how to set this up? For kermit i > followed the config doc and when i try to dial i get a modem > initialization failure. Check the Handbook for more information. > I have problems installating the sources as i get an "unexpected eof " > message with whichever part of the sources i try to install. Then you didn't get all the archives, or did not cat them together and pipe them through tar. I use this to install distributions after the system is up, with all the necessary files in the current directory (let's say the ssys (kernel source) distribution for example): cat ssys.* | tar xzf - > I am sorry if some of these questions have already been answered,. I have > already searched the freebsd newsgroup archives before posting my > question here. Did you check the questions archive at http://www.freebsd.org? Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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