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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.syr.edu!smcarey From: smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD install problems - help! Date: 22 Sep 1994 14:01:31 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 20 Message-ID: <35s2nr$5fn@newstand.syr.edu> References: <35qk5i$8bg@news.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.syr.edu In article <35qk5i$8bg@news.halcyon.com> laconner@halcyon.halcyon.com (LaConner Third Grade) writes: >Help! I'm trying to install FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 R on a 486Dx2/66 >with a BT545 controller, Micropolis 2217 (1.7GB) drive, and >16MB ram. The system has an existing 600MB DOS partition. > >I have tried turning the BT545's geometry translation on >and doing the install (after reformatting the disk of course) >and I've tried it with it off as well. in both cases I get >the following message during install (I'm using the kcopy_ah >kernal): > Hmm... Why not use the kcopy_bt kernel? I'm surprised that the aha driver would even control a bt card enough to get you where you are. -Shawn Carey