Fixed!! 5.2 Floppy install

akruijff_at_dds.nl
Date: 01/31/04

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    Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:34:23 +0100
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    Citeren akruijff@dds.nl:

    > I've just tried to install FreeBSD 5.2 on my new computer and run in
    > to
    > a problem with my WD 250G disk.
    >
    > During reinstall it complains that its wrongly configured at C/H/S
    > 48521/16/63 and changes it to 30401/255/63. The install then goes as
    > it
    > should but after the install it give me the error: "Invalid Partion
    >
    > Table" and then continues to try to the bootloader.
    >
    > The BIOS gives three possibilities but all different:
    > CHS 65535/16/255 (I think this is the default at auto)
    > LBA 16643/255/63
    > Large 4095/240/255
    >
    > My question now is to what I should do?

    Sorry it works now. What i had to do was: change the values back
    to 48521/16/63 in fdisk. I've set the bios to LBA because some
    document suggested that this would be more efficent.

    -- 
    Alex
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