Subject: Re: 1.3: "Missing operating system"
To: None <burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com, frank@wins.uva.nl>
From: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/07/1998 02:43:28
Dave Burgess <burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com> wrote:
> Ah ha!
>
> Just a couple of weeks ago, it was discovered that Adaptec Controllers
> are stupid.
>
> Your disk geometry (for the initial install) must be (in C/H/S format)
> X/64/32 for disks less than 1Gig and X/255/63 for disks larger than 1G.

I take it we're talking real gigabytes here. This disk is a Conner
"CFP1060S 1.05GB" of 1013.something MB, so it's slightly less than 1G.

In any case, it's late enough to go home now. I'll try re-installing
monday perhaps.

> Dave Burgess                   Network Engineer - Nebraska On-Ramp, Inc.

-Olaf.
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