RE: 5.1 WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry
Had to set the drive detection type in the BIOS to user (manual) instead of auto, and make sure the drive itself was set as a single master without slave (e.g. all jumpers removed) as well as specifying LBA directly, but with the drive set up manually in the BIOS, the jumpers yanked, and LBA specified, the install ran through (using the geometry FreeBSD picked) and it fired up just fine. For reference, this was a FreeBSD 5.1 standard minimal installation on a single Western Digital 80GB special edition IDE (ATA100) drive connected to an ECS P4VXMS mainboard running Award BIOS rev 1.2c (the latest). Thanks much to everyone who helped with this. Jim -Original Message- From: Hendrik Hasenbein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jerry McAllister; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 5.1 WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry Jim wrote: Same deal. Installation runs through fine, does the post-install, finishes nicely, and reboots to a void (system runs POST, shows the devices, then hangs indefinitely (pre-os startup)). Turn on LBA access for that disk in your bios instead of auto and dont touch the geometrie in the editor. That worked for me. Hendrik ___ This message was scanned and certified Virus Free by Alexssa | HNet. www.alexssa.net www.hnet.net ___ This message was scanned and certified Virus Free by Alexssa | HNet. www.alexssa.net www.hnet.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.1 WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry
Jim wrote: Same deal. Installation runs through fine, does the post-install, finishes nicely, and reboots to a void (system runs POST, shows the devices, then hangs indefinitely (pre-os startup)). Turn on LBA access for that disk in your bios instead of auto and dont touch the geometrie in the editor. That worked for me. Hendrik ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.1 WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry
Let me start by qualifying I am extremely new to FreeBSD (I have performed a whopping two installs thus far). I am looking to fire up a machine with a single western digital special edition 80GB IDE drive for simple storage and testing. The BIOS detects the correct geometry for the drive, and both Windows 2000 and Linux (RedHat 9) correctly detect the geometry and install on the drive (each OS installed independently to verify the drive and BIOS were working - this is not a multi-boot setup). FreeBSD version 5.1 however, pops up a message stating the geometry chosen by FreeBSD during installation is incorrect. If I hit G when assigning the slices and drop in the correct geometry (as reported by the BIOS), I can assign slices (defaults) and the installation runs through, but it will fail on the next boot (won't even get to the boot manager). If I select G when assigning slices, plug in the values, then force a write using the W option, I get a warning, then everything installs and fails on reboot. Don't try to change the geometry from what it reports. Leave it as it thinks it is. jerry Note: This same machine will accept an installation and run beautifully using a different hard drive (anything I have other than a Western Digital 80GB Special Edition), and I have tried two of the 80GB special edition drives to ensure it is not a mechanical problem with just one of the drives. Both of the special edition drives performed identically (which is to say not at all). Google is mute on the subject. Any help would be appreciated. Jim ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.1 WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry
Jim wrote: Let me start by qualifying I am extremely new to FreeBSD (I have performed a whopping two installs thus far). I am looking to fire up a machine with a single western digital special edition 80GB IDE drive for simple storage and testing. The BIOS detects the correct geometry for the drive, and both Windows 2000 and Linux (RedHat 9) correctly detect the geometry and install on the drive (each OS installed independently to verify the drive and BIOS were working - this is not a multi-boot setup). FreeBSD version 5.1 however, pops up a message stating the geometry chosen by FreeBSD during installation is incorrect. If I hit G when assigning the slices and drop in the correct geometry (as reported by the BIOS), I can assign slices (defaults) and the installation runs through, but it will fail on the next boot (won't even get to the boot manager). If I select G when assigning slices, plug in the values, then force a write using the W option, I get a warning, then everything installs and fails on reboot. Note: This same machine will accept an installation and run beautifully using a different hard drive (anything I have other than a Western Digital 80GB Special Edition), and I have tried two of the 80GB special edition drives to ensure it is not a mechanical problem with just one of the drives. Both of the special edition drives performed identically (which is to say not at all). Google is mute on the subject. Any help would be appreciated. Jim All I can say is that the same thing happened to me. James Leone ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
