J.D. Bronson to netbsd-help@netbsd.org about i386 ISO boots now but...:

> Ok...I found my issue and reburned the ISO :) and now it booted.
> But with a new scsi drive, netbsd cannot seem to figure out the disk's
> geometry.....

This is in the FAQ for the i386 port.
http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/i386/faq.html#determining_geometry


dieter

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> I am using a Dell PowerEdge with
> an Adaptec 39160 (very similar to a 29160 but dual port)
> and it uses an Adaptec AIC-7899 controller chip.
> I have a SEAGATE-ST318406LW-010A  drive.
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> when it starts to boot during install, 'dmesg' reports good values for
> cylinders/heads/sectors...but during the setup, netbsd claims it cannot
> determine these.
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> So I used them anyways, sliced up the disk (netbsd is the only thing on it)
> and then continued with a full install (minus and X stuff).
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> It finished and then I tried to reboot.....
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> 'no operating system found'
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