So I got a copy of boot-only 6.2 onto cd and went back into the bios and
changed a few options:
LBA mode: off
Multi-sector transfers: auto
Fast PIO: auto
32 bit transfer mode: on
Ultra DMA: auto
then ran the 6.2 install using dangerously dedicated which went fine and
then on reboot now it comes
At 02:06 PM 7/23/2007, John Clement wrote:
So I got a copy of boot-only 6.2 onto cd and went back into the bios and
changed a few options:
LBA mode: off
Multi-sector transfers: auto
Fast PIO: auto
32 bit transfer mode: on
Ultra DMA: auto
then ran the 6.2 install using dangerously dedicated
I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the
C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a
250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine. I've tried the FreeBSD boot
manager, a standard MBR and even setting the disk as dedicated, but
At 03:31 AM 7/19/2007, John Clement wrote:
I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the
C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a
250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine. I've tried the FreeBSD boot
manager, a standard MBR and even
The burner's been playing up recently so I've just been using the copy of
6.1 I've got. Maybe I'll get a copy of 6.2 burnt at work to try after the
weekend.
The locked MBR hadn't occured to me, but having checked, unfortunately it
wasn't that. So back to the drawing board. If anyone's got any
