Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:38:30 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: "Keith Kelly" <c0d3h4x0r@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS Message-ID: <20040122143830.7c5b866d.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV33jrntuajNS0002a5c9@hotmail.com> References: <200401222044.i0MKi5a27869@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <Sea1-DAV33jrntuajNS0002a5c9@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800 "Keith Kelly" <c0d3h4x0r@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given > more technical details. > > I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install > proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always > get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the "Missing operating > system" error at boot. Hi Keith, Just to be sure - did you elect to install BootMgr (or a regular boot record) on the drive when sysinstall asks? -Chris
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