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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News.LiveNet.Net!beast From: jsloan@LiveNet.Net (Jim Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Invalid Partition Table Date: Sat, 20 Apr 96 17:03:46 GMT Organization: LiveNet, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4lb5dh$kuo@PaperBoy.LiveNet.Net> NNTP-Posting-Host: yellow.colours.livenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 I just recently installed FreeBSD 2.1 on a 3 gig ST 43400N. The drive geometry that FreeBSD wanted to use didn't match the specs on the drive, nor would it accept the correct geometry (99 SPT, 21 Heads, 2735 cylinders, FreeBSD wanted to use 2777 tracks, 64 heads, 27 SPT). I set the drive up as 42 heads 50 SPT, 2735 tracks, and it accepted it. But now, when I try to boot from the HD, I get Invalid Partition Table, but I can boot from floppy typing hd(0, a)/kernel at the Boot: prompt, and it boots just fine, recognizes all the partitions, and all around works great, other than not being able to boot off the HD. If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this without losing the data I currently have on the drive, I would appreciate it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Sloan jsloan@livenet.net Vice President LiveNet, Inc. 413 Davis St. Suite 106 Full Service Internet Provider Virginia Beach VA 23462 Dialup and dedicated connections Ph: 804-499-9328 Virtual Web, Email, and FTP hosting http://www.livenet.net info@livenet.net webmaster@livenet.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------