From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Jul 13 08:23:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14079 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:23:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles231.castles.com [208.214.165.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14072 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:23:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA21878; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:25:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807121825.LAA21878@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Gary D. Margiotta" cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Micronics W6-Li In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 12 Jul 1998 13:39:58 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:25:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > When I boot up the machine after running the install (which completes > fine, btw. 3.0-520-SNAP), I get a 'read error' message, and it won't > boot. If I boot off the install floppy and specify the hard drive, it > will boot fine. The drive is a 4.3 Gb Seagate Barracuda, narrow. I have > also tried plugging in my older 4.3 Gb Seagate Hawk, but same message. > > I recall someone saying something about these boards having trouble > recognizing a partition over 1 Gb, but not really sure... If you're using an Adaptec 2940, try flipping the "BIOS translation for > 1GB" option. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message