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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!gatech!ncar!uchinews!twpierce From: twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu (Tim Pierce) Subject: Re: 2.0 install: how to set my disk geometry? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: quads.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <D5InC0.Iyr@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: alt.* cabal, Professor Emeritus References: <D5IELw.973@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 04:33:36 GMT Lines: 17 In article <D5IELw.973@midway.uchicago.edu>, I said: >I'm attempting to install the FreeBSD 2.0 release on a 486SX >clone with two IDE hard drives. The first drive is a >Seagate 201MB, and the second a Maxtor 340MB. >Unfortunately, the system won't boot from wd0, the Seagate >drive. I should add here that the system *will* boot from floppy, if I give it an image name of "hd(0,a)/kernel". I would prefer to boot straight from the hard disk, of course, and I'm still nervous about conflicting geometries. -- Unsolicited commercial electronic mail sent to this address will be proofread at a cost of $200/hour (one half-hour minimum).