Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 19:17:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dconrad@ksu.ksu.edu (Derek Conrad) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install trouble Message-ID: <199603160217.TAA14635@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960315191420.18013A-100000@fox.ksu.ksu.edu> from "Derek Conrad" at Mar 15, 96 07:16:28 pm
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> Hello, I have an ATT 6386E WGS currently running System V R 3. > I am upgrading to freebsd, but for some reason the installation fails as > it is trying to make a new root file system.. I am trying to install thru > ethernet, using an ne2000 base2 card. Any tips? This is the tower system with the WD1007 EDSI drives, if you are running a standard piece of hardware. The WD1007 has sector sparing and geometry translation, both of which need to be turned off (Jumper W8 and W14). You will then need to low level format the drive using the format utility from ftp.wdc.com (Western Digital's FTP site). Once this is done, installation should work normally. The problem is the sector sparing, and that fact that FreeBSD assumes some form of translation on all large drive (and then assumes the geometry used in the translation). I have installed several of these boxes in the past without real problems after resetting the controller. (note: check the -hackers list archives regarding the WD1007 on www.freebsd.org; there is a much more detailed discussion of the WD1007 jumper setting, etc.). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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