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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:30:50 -0800
From:      Nick Tonkin <publicn@rlnt.net>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   FreeBSD will not boot (after installing!) on HP NetServer SCSI disk
Message-ID:  <5.0.2.1.0.20010124222817.00a66ec0@rlnt.net>

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Hello,

Can anyone verify Niekie's kind response to my enquiry as to FreeBSD not 
booting on an HP NetServer E 50?

>I had a similar problem, till I replaced the 4.3Gb SCSI disk with a normal 
>seagate
>disk.  The drive geometry seems to be the problem.
>
>HP Drive:
>
>bytes/sector: 512
>sectors/track: 2
>tracks/cylinder: 91
>sectors/cylinder: 182
>cylinders: 45771
>sectors/unit: 8330502
>
>Seagate Drive:
>bytes/sector: 512
>sectors/track: 32
>tracks/cylinder: 64
>sectors/cylinder: 2048
>cylinders: 499
>sectors/unit: 1023968
>
>I treid for days to get it working on the HP drive...no luck.  The HP 
>works fine,
>as long as you don't try to put your root/boot filesystems on it.
>
>Niekie Myburgh




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