Hi,
I have a Mylex DAC960PL card on which FreeBSD 4.2 Release did not boot. I
checked the "Trouble.txt" file for suggestion to fix the problem. The advise
did not help.
But I was able to fix the problem by booting the system with DOS boot disk;
executing the DOS utility as "fdisk /mbr". This created Master boot record
on the Mylex hosted logical drive.
Then I installed the system and intructed the installation process to
allocate partition WITHOUT DEDICATING ENTIRE DRIVE and instructed NOT TO
TOUCH THE BOOT RECORD.
The system installed and booted properly.
I have seen the same problem on other systems with different SCSI host
adapters. This workaround always worked.
I don't know why but I assume the incorrect drive geometry is detected by
the FDISK editor.
Faisal Ali
Network Engineer.
Global Services Twenty One Inc.
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