Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:51:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Koum <jkb@best.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Read error" part II Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980406215009.12337A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980406131059.18904S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Hmm.. I thought it wouldn't matter since Adaptec and it's BIOS
would handle it, no? Yes, the PC has Award BIOS I think. Not sure about
Adaptec's BIOS version however.
-- Yan
Jan Koum jkb@best.com | "Turn up the lights; I don't want
www.FreeBSD.org -- The Power to Serve | to go home in the dark."
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Doug White wrote:
>On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Jan Koum wrote:
>
>> Same problem, different machine. I am installing 2.2.6-RELEASE on
>> Seagate Barracuda 34371W SCSI disk with 2940UW Adaptec card. All disk is
>> going to the FreeBSD ("dangerous dedicated" mode). Every time after
>> install I get "Read Error". I tried to use different geometries and
>> even splitting the drive into different BSD partitions. No luck.
>
>What BIOS? Award BIOSes are known to get pushy about the disklabel.
>
>Doug White | University of Oregon
>Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
>http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
>
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