Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 14:46:38 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: imb@scgt.oz.au (michael butler) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net Subject: Re: Install issues (was: State of the union speech Message-ID: <9508222046.AA01818@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508221438.AAA21168@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> from "michael butler" at Aug 23, 95 00:38:09 am
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> > This approach has the advantage of working for the existing partition > > and slice handling, the vnconfig device, AND the exportation of a > > contiguous chunk of disk as a device AND extended partitions, all > > without ruining the distintions in the kernel that cause some of the > > current install problems (ie: WD1007). > > Is there any mechanism by which it is possible to get FreeBSD (-current or > otherwise) onto a WD1007 controlled drive ? Yes. It involves jumpers W8 and W14 away from the factory defaults, downloading a format utility from ftp.wdc.com, and low level formatting the drive (reinstalling everything later). Mikem@cs.weber.edu was going to use the departmental scanner to scan in the WD1007 we got working back at the start of July. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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