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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!news.sfo.com!usenet From: William Sommers <sommers@sfo.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Still cannot get BSD to boot Date: Fri, 04 Aug 95 09:22:51 PDT Organization: San Francisco Online (Televolve, Inc.) Lines: 28 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.807553669.29568.sommers@casanova.sfo.com> References: <3vmolq$pnd@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: casanova.sfo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <3vmolq$pnd@sphinx.Gsu.EDU>, <matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu> writes: > I have a Buslogic 946 controller and a Quantum Fireball drive. > The disk geometry is: > heads 4 > sectors/track 88-177 > cylinders 3835 > > I can install BSD with no problem, but it will not boot after I install. > I am trying to split the drive with DOS. I have turned off sync > negaotiation and turned off the over 1 GB toggle (even though it is > 1080MB). > > My questions are - which sectors/track should I use? > Do I have to have all of my SCSI card settings correct when I do the > install or can I mess with them after the install? > Any more suggestions? You need to select 'bios' type boot blocks, despite what disksetup tells you regarding "all BusLogic" controllers. That *should* do it. William Sommers sommers@sfo.com