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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:38:30 -0800
From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
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Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
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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