Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 10:30:56 PST From: "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: jkh@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot boot after install Message-ID: <9602288280.AA828034814@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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> The Adaptec should be 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, #MB cylinders > or in extended translation mode: 255,63,#MB/7 Well, when I try to enter the parameters the controller sets in extended translation mode -- which are 243/255/63 -- FreeBSD's fdisk utlility bluntly tells me that these parameters are "wrong." Even though, when the kernel boots with the -v option, this is exactly what the reported BIOS geometry is. --Brett
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