Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:54:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rob Judd <rjudd@kan.lmcda.lmco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk geometry for a Maxtor LXT-340S disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970131155325.4014C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32F242CB.50EB@lmco.ca>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Rob Judd wrote: > Hello, I was hoping that someone might have already gone through > installing FreeBSD on a Maxtor LXT-340S disk drive, and, would be > willing to provide the disk geometry that was used. > > To date, I have attempted the installation several times, and, so far, > each time, I get the 'Missing operating system' message after selecting > the FreeBSD O/S. Geometry is not your problem. Boot using a DOS disk, run FDISK and select a partition on your first disk and make it active. If this is the second disk in the system, then install BootEasy on the first disk (run bootinst.exe from /tools) or use the boot floppy with a command like wd(1,a)/kernel at the Boot: prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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