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Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:57:18 +0100
Michael Clark wrote:
I configure the two devices that way (CD-ROM as slave, hard drive as
ma
Michael Clark wrote:
I configure the two devices that way (CD-ROM as slave, hard drive as
master), sysinstall refuses to mount the CD, giving me an error about
"CD/DVD drive not found!". It's worth noting that no other OS I've run on
this same PC ever had any trouble finding the CD-ROM drive wh
don't complain. Your not committing...
-Original Message-
From: Keith Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:49 PM
To: Derrick Ryalls
Cc: freebsd-bugs; 'freebsd-questions ORG'
Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geome
> My thought here is to double check that the drive is in the master
> position on the ribbon.
Yeah, you would _think_ that would be the way to configure things. But when
I configure the two devices that way (CD-ROM as slave, hard drive as
master), sysinstall refuses to mount the CD, giving me
>
> I don't know. I've never had to change away from "Auto" to
> get any other OS
> to install or boot from any of my hard drives, though, so I
> really doubt
> that is the problem. I'm quite confident the problem must
> lie with FreeBSD
> itself, in the form of a bug or a lack of hardwar
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800
"Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote:
> Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given more
> technical details.
>
> I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed
> with fdisk's geometry value assu
Keith Kelly wrote:
OK, but if the auto mode uses the wrong C/H/S translation, this default
may be the source of your problem. What happens when you switch from
using "auto" to explicitly using "LBA"?
I don't know. I've never had to change away from "Auto" to get any other OS
to install or boot
"Keith Kelly" wrote:
> > On Jan 22, 2004, at 5:24 PM, Keith Kelly wrote:
> > > I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install
> > > proceed
> > > with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a
> > > non-bootable hard drive that gives the "Missing operating
Inline.
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Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
> >
> > Yes, I tried it both ways (inst
Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
>
>
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800
>
On Jan 22, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Keith Kelly wrote:
The motherboard is not old. It is an MSI KT4 Ultra motherboard, if I
remember the model number correctly off the top of my head, for the
Athlon
XP architecture. The BIOS doesn't even explicitly list what mode
(LBA, CHS,
extended CHS) it is using t
uggestions.
jerry
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jerry McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent:
See comments in-line.
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From: "Charles Swiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "freebsd-questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: FDisk won&#x
January 22, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800
> "Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given
> &g
On Jan 22, 2004, at 5:24 PM, Keith Kelly wrote:
I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install
proceed
with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a
non-bootable hard drive that gives the "Missing operating system"
error at
boot.
Sufficiently old mother
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800
"Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given
> more technical details.
>
> I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install
> proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, an
ssage -
From: "Jerry McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Keith Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "freebsd-questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or
>
> Please see this page:
> http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1044789670/index_html
>
> This is exactly the problem I am having now whenever I try to install either
> FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.1. Clearly, a lot of other users out there are having this
> problem too. FDisk absolutely
On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:41, Keith Kelly wrote:
> Please see this page:
> http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1044789670/index_html
>
[snip rant]
> DISCLAIMER: I don't know if you folks are like the Linux community, but
> don't tell me to "find the bug and fix it yourself",
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