On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 04:09:06PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > Drive looks toasted. However ...
Yes, it does boot DOS and Windows. > : The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says > : (under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot > : prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.) > Try passing the geometry at the boot prompt: > > hda=1010,12,55 Unfortunately I tried that too. > The "help" on the boot floppy is wrong, you can't say "hd=..."; you must > say hda, hdb, or whatever. According to the kernel sources, for the old hd drivers (not enhanced IDE) you need to use hd=. > We intsalled on a Tandy machine the other dau that refused to work at > all unless we passed the drive's geometry with "hda=..." and also > specified "hdb=none" > > You should get the Bootprompt-HOWTO. It addresses many problems of this > type. I gave that a good looking over, believe me. But thanks anyway. Best regards, Curt > >