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Date:      Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:36:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com>
To:        Geoff Marshall <xgcm@bunzl.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs.......
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970625213410.6007B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199706260010.KAA21877@oznet11.ozemail.com.au>

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On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Geoff Marshall wrote:

> 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 ?

Do you have a disk manager on drive C?  If so, that is most likely the cause.
Test this, by unhooking Drive C and see if Drive D (which has FreeBSD) 
will boot by itself.



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