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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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