Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:34:40 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Kim J. Brand" <kim@simple-mail.com>, "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@aracnet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHEELJCDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20000703102130.00708224@192.168.0.1>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Kim J. Brand [mailto:kim@simple-mail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:22 AM > To: Josh Paetzel; Rick Hamell > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 > > > both the hard drive and motherboard are new to this application. the hard > drive had been used with WIN98 and i decided to put it to a better use :) > > the motherboard is a new asus P3V4X but seemed to work OK for a short time > while i was using it with WIN98. i partitioned the drive with WIN98 just > to see if that process would work and it did. > > thanks, > > kim >> K...well that eliminates the hardware issue, then. I had 4.0 get confused on me about geometry of a disk once as well. It was telling me that the beginning of slices was after the end and all sorts of weirdness. I reformatted the drive and the problem went away, but I never really figured out what caused it. Perhaps FBSD and your computer are not agreeing about the geometry of the drive. Someone else will have to help you out, though, I have to fiddle with these things to fix em. I'm no good at just spitting out the answer. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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