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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!hermes.oc.com!netsrv2.spss.com!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!newsfeed.cit.cornell.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsserver.sdsc.edu!hydra.sdsc.edu!brentm From: brentm@hydra.sdsc.edu (Brent Mosbrook (ZyXEL)) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: HD geometry woes.. Date: 9 Nov 1995 06:18:50 GMT Organization: San Diego SuperComputer Center at UCSD Lines: 22 Message-ID: <47s6ga$1q1@rosebud.sdsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.sdsc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] OK, I've read the faq concerning >1024 cylinders, and have attempted to create a boot partition well within this restriction.. but no matter how many different ways I try it (15 at last count!) I still can't get past the boot manager or "missing OS" at bootup. (using 2.05R) I've got an Adaptec 1542 w/ 2.10 bios, and a Microp 1528 (1.3GB SCSI) It says during the partitioning that the "correct" geometry is 4369x12x50 all attempts to alter this yield an "incorrect geometry" msg. I've tried setting the bios translation off and on in the Adaptec setup, no change.. drive still won't boot. Latest attempt was making the first partition 250MB..still no go.. hoping this is a silly problem, as I am running out of combinations to try :( -- Brent Mosbrook brentm@sdsc.edu Technical Support Voice - 714-693-0808 ZyXEL Fax - 714-693-8811 FTP: ftp.sdsc.edu /pub/other/zyxel BBS - 714-693-0762