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by **faeto** » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00

hi, recently i got rid of an old HDD and replaced it with a Maxtor 4.3G
IDE one. After installing windows95 (<sigh>) without a hitch i went on
to trya and install FreeBSD.

After running into some problems intially with FreeBSD unable to find
the primary DOS partition i discovered i had to remove the software
translation (EZ-DRIVE supplied with the Maxtor) to be able to install of
the DOS partition. After doing this installation goes on normally.

It is when i leave installation and try and reboot FreeBSD i encounter
futher problems. BootEasy won't boot DOS (i didnt expect it to without
s/w translation), but FreeBSD won't boot either and just hangs. I
checked the FAQ and it metnions tweaking the BIOS HDD settings but as
both FreeBSD and BIOS return the following geometry:

8940 Cylinders 15 Heads 63 Sectors

I don't think this will be the problem. I tried installing OSBS but it
gives a Write Error (probably because of the s/w trnaslation) also to
make things even more difficult FDISK hangs when i try and use it.

If i try and boot FreeBSD with "wd(1,a)/kernel" at the boot: prompt i
get the err msg:

Error: D:0x81 C:0 H:0 S:0

Scrolling continuously.. I only have one IDE drive on my system with
FreeBSD being installed in the Second partition so i assume thats the
right boot prompt..

Has anyone been able to install FreeBSD on similar setups? Maxtors
aren't exactly uncommon so someone must have some idea. Also if i DO get
FreeBSD installed, how will i boot DOS? i think i'll just have to
reinstall EZ-DRIVE and boot FreeBSD from a floppy all the time (not too
bad..)

Regards,
fae
--
< fez at bigfoot dot com >

by **Stan Roc** » Wed, 21 Oct 1998 04:00:00

First of all I have some questions! What is your machine? 486? Does your
bios support LBA? What is the actually geometry Win 95 returns (if you can
find out)? Is your bios set up as auto detect under the bios?

Stan

>hi, recently i got rid of an old HDD and replaced it with a Maxtor 4.3G
>IDE one. After installing windows95 (<sigh>) without a hitch i went on
>to trya and install FreeBSD.

>After running into some problems intially with FreeBSD unable to find
>the primary DOS partition i discovered i had to remove the software
>translation (EZ-DRIVE supplied with the Maxtor) to be able to install of
>the DOS partition. After doing this installation goes on normally.

>It is when i leave installation and try and reboot FreeBSD i encounter
>futher problems. BootEasy won't boot DOS (i didnt expect it to without
>s/w translation), but FreeBSD won't boot either and just hangs. I
>checked the FAQ and it metnions tweaking the BIOS HDD settings but as
>both FreeBSD and BIOS return the following geometry:

>8940 Cylinders 15 Heads 63 Sectors

>I don't think this will be the problem. I tried installing OSBS but it
>gives a Write Error (probably because of the s/w trnaslation) also to
>make things even more difficult FDISK hangs when i try and use it.

>If i try and boot FreeBSD with "wd(1,a)/kernel" at the boot: prompt i
>get the err msg:

>Error: D:0x81 C:0 H:0 S:0

>Scrolling continuously.. I only have one IDE drive on my system with
>FreeBSD being installed in the Second partition so i assume thats the
>right boot prompt..

>Has anyone been able to install FreeBSD on similar setups? Maxtors
>aren't exactly uncommon so someone must have some idea. Also if i DO get
>FreeBSD installed, how will i boot DOS? i think i'll just have to
>reinstall EZ-DRIVE and boot FreeBSD from a floppy all the time (not too
>bad..)

>Regards,
>fae
>--
> < fez at bigfoot dot com >

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