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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!trib.apple.com!mencju.apple.com!user From: jm040795@fhda.edu (Raven) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD <> Adaptec Date: 10 May 1996 22:26:52 GMT Organization: TheSharewareCollector Lines: 27 Message-ID: <jm040795-1005961526540001@mencju.apple.com> References: <jm040795-0905961029200001@mencju.apple.com> <31932519.15FB7483@mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a17-211-20-52.apple.com In article <31932519.15FB7483@mindspring.com>, Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> wrote: > Raven wrote: > > > > I tried installing FreeBSD onto my hard drive and my hard drives geometry > > data got screwed up. I don't think Adaptec's BIOS translation is > > comapatible with FreeBSD 2.1. Are there some updates out there, something > > that'll work for my setup? > > > > I have an Adaptec 2940 and 2 2gig Seagate drives. > > -I don't understand all your problems. I have installd FBSD 2.1R on > several machines without a problem, 2940 and segate 2gig included, > both on the first and second drive. You can boot from dos floppy > and use fdisk /mbr to restore dos or NT. > I used the utility to fdisk my second hard drive. It complained about the geometry on the drive. Afterwards, my hard drives geometry was screwed up. I had to do a low level format. I wonder if creating other partitions, and then using FreeBSD on a partition create from another utility that doesn't complain about the geometry will work. I'm scared to try again though.