On 19-Jun-00 Jeff Kreska wrote:
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> I think there is something wrong with the install prog.
Well, our geometry stuff isn't perfect, but part of that is do to the
poor design of PC hardware.
> 2 things to note:
> The partition table is corrupt after a install. (even if I don't install
> anything and just go into the intaller's fdisk like screen and type "w".)
How do you know it is corrupt other than that it doesn't boot?
> If I set the BSD partition active the system beeps at start up and says no
> Operating System.
You aren't using boot0, you are using /boot/mbr, which probably doesn't grok EDD,
and thus can't deal with 1024 cylinders.
> Are there specs for how to create a partition past the 1024 cyl?
> I would like to verify that the installer is writing the correct entries to
> the disk.
If you formatted this disk with Windows before installing BSD (or if it
came pre-formatted for example) then sysinstall got it right.
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