Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 9:21:21 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: rdabney@lanl.gov (R. N. Dabney) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.0 install probs Message-ID: <9502201621.AA03055@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199502200047.RAA10983@mailhost.lanl.gov> from "R. N. Dabney" at Feb 19, 95 05:47:36 pm
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> I've been attempting to install 2.0 on a SCSI drive attached to a Future > Domain 950 (yeah, yeah, I know they suck, but it is the only supported ctlr > I have). When I write the MBR in FDISK, I get a dialog box "Invalid > Argument" and at the bottom of the screen "Disk doesn't have MBR", > "writedisklabel: MSP with no BSD part". The geometry reported by the startup > probe is 2405 cyls, 6 hds, 72 secs and 507 MB. I tried changing the geometry > in FDISK to 32 secs, 64 hds and 507 cyls. The SCSI drive is the second > drive, the first is a IDE which I was able to FDISK and LABEL but with a > really small slice. I can write a boot record to the SCSI (I suppose, no > complaints). Any pointers would be appreciated. You must specify the geometry the BIOS expects, not just any geometry. A 2405 cylinders, I suspect there is translation. If nothing else, you need to pull down pfdisk.exe from the FTP site and run it under DOS to get the apparent geometry. If pfdisk.exe (or or another partition manager) shows a single partition of type 0x54 when run *from DOS booted from a floppy disk*, then you will either need to dedicate the drive to BSD or hack some disklabel values (and potentially some device drivers). Give me a yell if you see this. 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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