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From: franky@pinewood.nl (Frank ten Wolde)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: [Q] How to add 4.3GB disk (Quantum XP34300)?
Date: 7 Jul 96 15:08:00 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
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Keywords: quantum, slice, freebsd, install
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Hello,

I'm having difficulties in getting my Quantum Atlas 4.3G (XP34300)
working under FreeBSD.

How do I add this drive to FreeBSD?  I tried installing a fresh
2.2-960612-SNAPSHOT but after the final 'commit' I get the error:

	Debugger("Slice code got a negative blocknumber") called

I suspect there is a problem with the drive geometry (I used the
default 4104 cyls, 64 heads, 32 sectors).

I tried to create:

	slice 1		FreeBSD		4251648 blocks (2076MB)
	slice 2		FreeBSD		2867200 blocks (1400MB)
	slice 3		unused		1286144 blocks ( 628MB)

Any help or suggestions appreciated!

-Frank ten Wolde
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