Re: fresh install of 5.2-r doesn't book on 80gig disk

From: Jev (jev_at_ecad.org)
Date: 02/06/04

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To: akruijff@dds.nl

    akruijff@dds.nl wrote:
    > Citeren ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com>:
    >
    [snip]
    >
    > I have had the same with my 250 GB WD. What happens is that
    > sysinstall thinks the value it gets for the boot process is wrong. This
    > isn't true! You need to change it back to its orginal function. You can
    > use the scoll-lock key to get the value from the screen if you need.
    >

    Do you mean by pressing the 'G' key and specifying my own value? When I
    do this I get the "Message"

    WARNING: A geometry of 155061/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more
    likely geometry. .....etc.....

    So it dosn't allow me to set my own Geometry. I also tried setting the
    disk to LBA mode in bios as Ian suggested, but I had no success.

    Thanks for your help
    -Jev
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