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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!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: WD1007 and FreeBSD, OK what's the magic? Message-ID: <id.GEWM1.1B6@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:22:39 GMT Lines: 15 Controller: WD1007-WA4, jumpered for translation OFF. Drives: wd0, wd1: ESDI, 1225 cyl, 15 head, 35 tracks. Partitioning: 2 slices, 377 cylinders for root+swap, rest for /usr. Disklabel looks fine from floppy. I can even boot and get a holographic shell chrooted under /mnt and it's all happy. Symptom: Won't boot. "Bad disklabel". I assume it's barfing because it's looking at LBA addresses and the disklabel's in the wrong place. I can't do a whole disk because BAD144 would blow up. I can't use <1024 cylinders because install doesn't give that option. -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them