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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!docws001!ottnews!tomqnx.tomqnx.com!tom From: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Subject: Re: BSD MBR X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 159.249.8.221 Message-ID: <Dv62GK.D9M@ottnews.shl.com> Sender: usenet@ottnews.shl.com (News Administrator) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. (Ottawa) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <31F7DF2F.43DC@alaska.net> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:05:06 GMT Lines: 36 Delete your D: partition and reinstall during which you create a BSD partition(s). Can't install to an existing DOS partition... hmmm (hmmm@alaska.net) wrote: : from what i understand, this Q is a FAQ; however, the FAQs solution does : not appear to matter in my case ... : my error is this (after a 2.1.5 MBR install) : dos (my dos part 899 cyl, 15 hd, 62 sect) 408M : disk 2 (my BSD part - true, 967 cyl, 16 hd, 31 sect) 234M : BSD : disk 1 : repeat ad infinitum ... : dos part = C:, BSD = D: : i got the geometry directly from the manufactures. verified ok on the : HDs. verified by BIOS, MSD, FDISK, & BSD sysinstall & BSD kernel. : i have installed 2.1.0 with no glitches before. i have tried to install : 2.1.5 at least 10 times, tweaking little things like setting a partition : as "bootable", etc. but nothing seems to make any diff. i did a fdisk : /mbr, i reformatted D: with dos, and again with BSD. i'm doing a MINIMUM : install with MBR. no errors on VT2, watched the whole install. i've set : the geometry, even though it's detected ok. i use AUTO create for my BSD : partitions. i tried MSDs parms (1 number lower for both cylinder parms), : same thing. : i'm ripping my hair out! my boss is getting angry, please help!