Hi,

	I'm attempting to install NetBSD 1.1 on a seagate st12550n scsi
disk. I'm using an adaptec 1540CF controller. What my problems are exactly
is that I can format the drive to full capacity under NetBSD by itself, but
when I attempt to install a dos partition, I run into snags. The disk will
let me create a dos partition up to 1024 meg. I want a 700 meg dos partition
and the rest for NetBSD. I tried to use pfdisk and it will report the drive
geometry as 1023 64 32. NetBSD reports it as 2708 19 81. 

pfdisk shows:

geometry 1023 64 32 (cyls heads sectors)
#  ID  First(cyl)  Last(cyl)  Name  # start, length (sectors)
1   6      0        749       DOSbi # 32, 1535968
2 165    999       2034       unkno # 1537461, 2630151
# note: first(2): phys=(999,0,1) logical=(750,45,22)
# note:  last(2): phys=(1023,18,17) logical=(2034,61,28)
# note: last(2): phys=(1023,18,17) should be (1023,63,32)
3   0      0          0       empty # 0, 0
4   0      0          0       empty # 0, 0

when I force the geometry to 2708 19 81, it shows:
geometry 2708 19 81 (cyls heads sectors)
#  ID  First(cyl)  Last(cyl)  Name  # start, length (sectors)
1   6      0        998       DOSbi # 32, 1535968
# note: first(1): phys=(0,1,1) logical=(0,0,33)
# note:  last(1): phys=(749,63,32) logical=(998,0,78)
# note: last(1): phys=(749,63,32) should be (749,18,81)
2 165    999       2707       unkno # 1537461, 2630151
# note:  last(2): phys=(1023,18,17) logical=(2707,18,81)
# note: last(2): phys=(1023,18,17) should be (1023,18,81)
3   0      0          0       empty # 0, 0
4   0      0          0       empty # 0, 0

Now the rest. I can format and boot from the dos partition, no problem,
with full capacity seen. I then boot NetBsd from floppy, and go through 
the install, telling it to use 2708, 19, 81 for c/h/s, and 1767 for the 
size of the NetBSD partition, with the offset of 999. I am able to label
and create all my filesystems, copy the bootstrap files, and then finally
reboot and copy_kernel. All is fine, no problems. When I then load os-bs
to boot from my NetBSD partition, I get the error message:
No operating system.

I'm at a loss. I have tried over and over with different combinations of 
partitioning software, etc and the end result is the same. I can use one
or the other, but not both. I have no other drives in this system. If any-
one can suggest a way to get this to work, I'd be grateful and my boss would
stop threatning to buy SCO!

TIA!
-jeff