Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:46:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No /boot/loader Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007200845250.99001-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007191718370.99468-100000@dt052n3e.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > > Disk geometry stuffup, or a 'real' disk error. > > Well, I put my money on real disk error, but only because it > vindicates my position that we shouldn't have switched to this new kind of > disk in the first place. > > As for geometry, I tried both with and without "dangerously > dedicated." My understanding was that if I used the dos partition entry > method that we should be able to pick up the geometry correctly, but > should I try the old dos fdisk trick as well? Also, would the adaptec > setting to translate >1G be affecting this? It's on currently, which it is > on all my other motherboards of similar vintage. Your boot disk is now *required* (or will be very very soon) to have a proper slice table in -CURRENT; dedicated disks are deprecated in order to get a smarter boot0. Speaking of boot0 you might try using boot0cfg to force packet mode. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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