Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 08:05:31 -0500 From: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FBSD alone on 2GB SCSI disk Message-ID: <3200AB9B.2433@nconnect.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960731204621.264N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Randy DuCharme wrote: > > > I hope this isn't pathetically stupid... I've successfully installed the > > OS on many machines in shared OS situations and alone on smaller drives > > but this one sort of has me stumped. I've been trying to install FBSD > > on a single 2.05GB Quantum SCSI II hard disk. The controller is an > > Adaptec 1542CF. I've tried both disabling and enabling large disk > > translation. I wanted to install it using the entire drive rather than > > with a partition entry, but have done it both ways. In all cases on > > installation it comes up saying the drive geometry is invalid. It then > > defaults to 2050/64/32. Whether I accept these settings, or change them > > (1023/64/32 was reported using pfdisk) I get all the way through the > > installation and on reboot I get... > > > > Boot: > > Error: C:1040 > 1023 (BIOS limit) > > Oops. Somehow the bootblocks think your root partition is above 1024 > cylinders. This may be related to your geometry problem. > > What you should do is: > > 1) Use DOS fdisk to: > a) blow away the FreeBSD partition. > b) make a small DOS partition on that disk. > 2) Boot using boot.flp. > a) In the fdisk editor, delete the DOS partition you just made > and install FreeBSD as before. > > That should help sysinstall figure out the proper geometry. > > Is there anything else (other OSs) on the disk? No. No other OSs, and I sort of wanted to dedicate the entire disk to FreeBSD (it deserves a disk all it's own!! :) ) but I'll try the DOS partition thing and see what happens
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