From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 27 19:48:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA26400 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:48:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA26387 Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:48:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA14159; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:36:52 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603280406.OAA14159@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Cannot boot after install To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:36:52 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9602278279.AA827981569@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Mar 27, 96 07:49:38 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > After tweaking the translation settings on the controller, I was able to > boot but still did not have a stable system. I was experiencing coredumps > while running certain apps (e.g. mail), indicating that something was still > wrong. Sounds like hardware, I have to say. > and watched the second virtual TTY during installation. During newfs, error > messages appeared as each file system was created, saying that the number > of sectors per cylinder (4096) diagreed with that in the disk label (4032). This message is harmless. > --Brett Glass -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[