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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-tyo-news!hitwide!hinocgw!hcrlgw92!harlgw92!atsuo From: atsuo@harl.hitachi.CO.JP (Atsuo Kawaguchi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: IDE hard disk prob installing 386bsd Message-ID: <ATSUO.92Oct14134420@harlgw92.harl.hitachi.CO.JP> Date: 14 Oct 92 04:44:20 GMT References: <718764923snx@softage.demon.co.uk> Sender: atsuo@harlgw92.harl.hitachi.co.jp Organization: Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd Lines: 19 In-reply-to: zawada@softage.demon.co.uk's message of 11 Oct 1992 05:46:16 JST In article <718764923snx@softage.demon.co.uk> zawada@softage.demon.co.uk (Mark D Simpson) writes: > The boot disk boots OK, and installs, but when the machine reboots, > it can't seem to find the disk label. > > It is literally just the Hard Disk, which is an ALPS DR312C IDE 202MB. I am using a same drive just fine. If you are trying to coexit 386BSD and DOS, then this problem is a FAQ (I think you can find FAQ at agate). You should specify the real geometry parameters of the ALPS drive in BIOS setup. Try the following: No. of cylinders: 2108 No. of heads: 4 No. of sectors par track: 49 -- Atsuo, Kawaguchi Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. atsuo@harl.hitachi.co.jp