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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!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!newsroom.utas.edu.au!ml.csiro.au!news From: pjb@ml.csiro.au (Peter Billam) Subject: Re: BootEasy Problem (Seagate ST15230N geometry ?) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ocean Message-ID: <DMDv6E.2pJ@ml.csiro.au> Keywords: Seagate, BootEasy Sender: news@ml.csiro.au Reply-To: pjb@ml.csiro.au Organization: CSIRO Marine Labs References: <4en78l$mpq@mars.efn.org> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 02:06:14 GMT Lines: 33 In article mpq@mars.efn.org, Michelle Brownsworth <michellb@efn.org> writes: > After it was installed, I booted > the computer for the first time, got the BootEasy menu, and chose F2 > (FreeBSD). But instead of booting FreeBSD, the menu kept reappearing > with F? as the default. > > I went back to the documentation, in particular, the hardware > troubleshooting docs, which addressed this very problem. It stated that > the problem was most likely wrong disk geometry, and that the solution > was to reinstall FreeBSD, taking care to ensure the geometry was > correct. So I did that. The partitioning editor correctly recognized > the drive geometry (3148 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track) and I > proceeded to the label editor, and so forth through the rest of the > install, which went fine. > > But when I rebooted and selected F2 from the BootEasy menu--uh oh--same > problem. I went back and doublechecked everything--and I do mean > everything--again, but no joy. > > So, I'm stymied. What should be a fairly straight-forward install has > turned into quite a thrash... Anybody have any ideas? > I'm wrestling with this too, and it's really frustrating because there are no error messages and each iteration is such a terribly long process. If it's really a disc geometry issue, could some kind soul please tell me what the magic numbers are for a Seagate ST15230N 4Gb Hawk 4 drive ? I've been using 3992/19/12 which I got from the Seagate Installation Guide. E-Mail to pjb@ml.csiro.au preferred ... TIA, Peter Billam