Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:52:18 PST From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner), freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, phk@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2-ALPHA install failure Message-ID: <96Nov23.095229pst.177557@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Nov 96 03:17:15 PST." <199611231117.VAA22545@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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In message <199611231117.VAA22545@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> you write: >You are using an NCR controller, or some other SCSI controller that >reads the partition table out of the MBR. The 'dangerously dedicated' >mode won't work with these controllers, as they become _very_ confused >by it. Oh, how scary. (Yes, I'm using an NCR controller). If this is really true, then I would think that the install should mention it when it's warning you that you really don't want to use dangerously dedicated. Bill
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