From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 25 21:35:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA02864 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www2.shoppersnet.com (shoppersnet.com [204.156.152.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA02855 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from hlew@localhost) by www2.shoppersnet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA06162; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:36:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:36:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew To: Geoff Marshall cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Caviar is tasting like fish eggs....... In-Reply-To: <199706260010.KAA21877@oznet11.ozemail.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~