Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:12:00 +0100 From: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: a2i support account <support@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "dangerously dedicated" Message-ID: <20000404141200.B6969@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000404101316.6F8A899EA0@waltz.rahul.net>; from support@rahul.net on Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 03:13:16AM -0700 References: <freebsd-stable.14562.29670.896409.578807@onceler.kcilink.com> <20000404101316.6F8A899EA0@waltz.rahul.net>
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 03:13:16AM -0700, a2i support account wrote: > Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> writes: > > >So I guess I'll just go away because > >it is way to hostile around here. > > Here is my algorithm, which has worked so far on a number of machines: > > 1. Set the disk type in the BIOS to be NORMAL. > 2. Install FreeBSD 'dangerously dedicated'. > 3. If it hangs at boot time, don't reinstall, simply > go into the BIOS and change the disk type to be LBA. Reboot. > > Only if the above fails should you fall back to reinstalling with a > partition table. I did a dangerously dedicated install on my laptop, and then after reading these posts i got concerned. But so far i have not had any problems. Of course, i won't be installing windows again, either. ;-) jm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Dear Microsoft: "Your tyranny i was part of, is now cracking on every side Now your own life is in danger. Your Empire is on fire." Front 242 ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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