Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 19:02:17 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jdc@ism.net (John-David Childs) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: disktab for Micropolis 4221-09/2112-15???? Message-ID: <199605110932.TAA12546@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960510225319.4776A-100000@optim.ism.net> from "John-David Childs" at May 10, 96 10:57:38 pm
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John-David Childs stands accused of saying: > > Yes, I've been searching for these since 6pm. Found an HPUX disktab for > the 4221 (from the Micropolis web site), but FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE boot > disks (I'm doing a new install) chokes on the number of cyl/head/sec > I entered. The 4221 is a SCSI device. You don't want physical geometry information info for the drive (it's a ZBR device and doesn't have 'geometry' in the traditional sense of the word anyway). What you want is the BIOS geometry imposed by the SCSI controller you're using. Read the installation notes. In particular, the part where it says "put a small DOS partition on the disk, and blow it away in the slice editor". The installer will be able to pick up the BIOS geometry from the layout of the DOS partition. > John-David Childs www.marsweb.com/www.ism.net -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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