Re: Trying to install freebsd -> problems

From: Breaker One (breaker1_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:52:06 -0500

Joe wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
>> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd is not widely propagated, so you won't
>> necessarily get much help here (in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd).
>> See http://www.freebsd.org/support.html for better ideas...
>> [followups redirected accordingly]
>>
>> Joe <amplifymysoul@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I have just downloaded the 2 iso's and burn them on cd's, I start up,
>>> it boots, I get to the install menu, i choose standard, I prepare my
>>> partition, and the the trouble starts: I can't make it write my
>>> labels. It complains that i can't write to the disc.
>>>
>>> when i boot from the disc it just prints out 'freebsd' and tells me
>>> the a filestystem and the kernel is missing.
>>>
>>> It also now and then complains about my drive geometry.
>>>
>>> It dectects one thing, complain about it when i try to partition my
>>> disc, resets it to something else, complains, I then reset it to what
>>> the bios tells me about the disc, but nothing seems to make it happy!
>>>
>>> My disk is a Maxtor diamondmax plus 8 ATA/133 40GB completly new.
>>>
>>> I have tried with other discs, like a fujitsu, but it will not even
>>> detect this disc and a segate, which works fine but unfortunaly is to
>>> small (1gb).
>>>
>>> Any ideas anyone
>>
>>
>>
>> You don't mention what version of FreeBSD you are using, or what kind
>> of motherboard. As a wild guess, though, try disabling ACPI...
>>
>
>
> Im using a ASUS A7v333 socket A motherboard with a VIA KT333 chipset
> Im trying to install the 5.3-BETA2 for i386.
>
> I have tried disabling ACPI.... not the soulution!
>
> I have read around the net, and can't really find a solution only people
> with simular problems, althought it appears to span over all version
> from 4.8 to 5.2.1
>
> What to do?

I see this on a lot of machines (mainly my laptops though) is there a
bios option on your motherboard for how it reports drive geometry? You
should check that out.. Normally there are two options "Dos" and "Other"
I ended up on DOS and having it work... it's worth a shot.

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