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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with Adaptec AIC7850
Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 01:17:34 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Uwe Gruentjes <uweg@gfsfs.gfs-hl.de>

Uwe Gruentjes wrote:
> this SCSI stuff is hooked up to the onboard Adaptec AIC7850. Not too
> bad, really. But FreeBSD 2.1 refuses to install on it.

Do you have geometry translation turned on?  Try it with this fully
disabled, you might even try the "dangerously dedicated" mode of
installation in the fdisk screen.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project