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From: sp2joap1@ite.his.se (Joacim Persson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: problems with bootup
Date: 8 May 1996 14:08:09 GMT
Organization: Solace Computer Society, Sundsvall
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wayne tamagi (wtamagi@unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:

: So I tried using the pfdisk utility and it showed my disk geometry as
: 707/32/63. I tried this setting with same results.  Any suggestions?

I have similar problems.

Do you have a Promise EIDE card with a bootprom on by any chance?
I have, and apparently there's some trouble with those. I don't know
exactly what yet, I just got the tip.

bbl

Joacim