Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:59:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1 boot.flp Message-ID: <199704151759.LAA01269@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199704151754.NAA00289@snoopy.mv.com> References: <199704151722.LAA01034@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199704151754.NAA00289@snoopy.mv.com>
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> Yes, but I tried again with only wdc0 and fdc0 enabled and > with npx flags 1 and got into the menu. Yes! Cool. > So it shows disk geometry: 699/64/63 which is not what was > printed during the boot although the 699*64 == 2796*16. > Now I try to > "G" to set the geometry to 2796/16/63 by typing into the > dialog box > > 2797//16//63 > > which yields 2796/0/63 showing in the menu. > > Is this "normal" or do we expect G to work? You did the same thing I did. Don't 'escape' the slashes, but instead just use a single slash between the fields. Unix weenies are too knowlegable and escape the slashes. :) Nate
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