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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: 2.2-961014-SNAP install problem
In-Reply-To: <199610171327.OAA29987@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from Christoph Kukulies at "Oct 17, 96 02:27:56 pm"
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:40:08 +0100 (MET)
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> 
> I tried to install (skipping kernel config) 2.2-961014-SNAP on
> a PPro-200 (ASUS P6NP5, 32MB, NCR BIOS, Quantum Atlas 2GB,\
> first PCI device IDE, second SCSI)
> 
> The partition editor barfed at my disk geometry and
> decided to take 2050/64/32 instead of the
> native geometry of 3925/10/107. Trying to enforce
> the latter (G option) doesn't seem possible.
> 
> After a first seemingly successful install of the filesystems
> and extract from ftp.de.freebsd,org I got this 
> infamous 'Missing Operating System'.
> 
> I'm clueless at the moment. A send install got hung
                              second^
> eternally at the box 'Copying device files'
> 
> --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de