Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:10:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Keith Pitcher <kpitcher@weirdness.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with install and seagate HD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216231040.11246d-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34E8D81B.1C27124F@weirdness.com>
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On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Keith Pitcher wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.5-release and it appears that my HD is > acting up. I am using an adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card, scsi id 0 is my > CDROM, scsi ID 1 is the HD. It's a seagate Hawk 4XL 4.55 Gig HD, > ST34555N/W.It's finding both devices fine. I go through the novice > install and dedicate the entire disk to freeBSD. But during the install > it first gives an error that swap can not be used, then I get "panic: > Page fault" followed by the numbers 16 16 16 ..., or 256 256 256 ... and > it auto-reboots. Looking through some of the errors while it tries to > install, I get such things as the disk != slice. How much memory does this machine have? > I tried changing the geometry of the drive, but freeBSD did not like the > right values (6311/8/176) > I tried installing a few times, and the values it would automatically > select for the geometry varied each time. Don't touch the geometry. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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