Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:30:26 -0800 From: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installed 5.2RC from CDROM, fails to boot in manager Message-ID: <20040101213026.GA47719@0lsen.net> In-Reply-To: <20040101205511.GM42542@0lsen.net> References: <20040101201740.GL42542@0lsen.net> <1072989805.671.3.camel@localhost> <20040101205511.GM42542@0lsen.net>
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On Jan 01, Clint Olsen wrote: > > I had some fun running fdisk on this thing. Fdisk could never get the > geometry right for this disk - but it did appear to be able to detect the > size correctly. It kept trying to create 3 partitions, instead of the > usual 2 (the 0-63 partition 'hole' + the freebsd partition). Fdisk by default wants to create two 'unused' partitions with the freebsd partition in the middle. What's up with that? The more I fight with this, the more I think it has something to do with a bad fdisk session. When I attempt to type in the BIOS geometry, fdisk refuses to accept them. This is sort of ironic since the install program says to use what the BIOS thinks it sees! I tried reading the various mailing lists for hints on this but without success. -Clint
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