From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 25 17:10:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA21852 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:10:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ozemail.com.au (server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net [203.108.7.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA21847 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:10:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oznet11.ozemail.com.au (oznet11.ozemail.com.au [203.2.192.118]) by ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA15712 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:10:48 +1000 (EST) Received: from mycroft (slmel13p62.ozemail.com.au [203.108.202.78]) by oznet11.ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA21877 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:10:46 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199706260010.KAA21877@oznet11.ozemail.com.au> From: "Geoff Marshall" To: Subject: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:08:56 +1000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Err... I have tried several times to install FreeBSD 2.1 on a machine with WD Caviar disks. The first is a 31600 (holds Win'95) and the second is a 34000 on a PCI controller. When my installation completes, the bootmanager fails to recognise the second disk. The FAQ says this is due to incorrect disk geometry and suggests:- (1) a small DOS partition on the disk firs (didn't work) (2) using the entire disk for FreeBSD (didn't work) (3) Entering the disk geometry by hand (didn't work) Anybody got any clues as to what to try next ? ______________________________________________________________________ Geoff C. Marshall, +61 3 9212 9380 (work) xgcm@bunzl.com.au Systems Administrator, +61 3 9752 6503 (home) count@nemesis.com.au Bunzl Australia Limited +61 419 579 357 (mobile) count@ozemail.com.au ______________________________________________________________________ SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless tendency to rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority of Sagittarians are drunks or dope fiends or both. People laugh at you a great deal. ______________________________________________________________________