At 04:45 PM 1/26/2003, dieter wrote:
>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

This is all fine, but I dont have a floppy drive. :(
Since this a scsi drive, I dont even have access to old DOS.

I read the FAQ and obviously either I am missing this, or it was not of 
much help. I hope someone out there has experience with similar equipment 
to what I have....then hopefully they will offer further information.

I have the same trouble with other versions of *bsd, but freebsd.

Perhaps I should install Freebsd on this drive to get the MBR setup so that 
netbsd can 'read' it ? .....

:-/








> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > It finished and then I tried to reboot.....
> >
> > 'no operating system found'
> >
> > Help?
> >
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>--
>
>      dieter     -|  There is virtue in doing the right thing just for
>                 -|  the sake of doing it right.  -| Nicholas Petreley






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