I think there is something wrong with the install prog.
2 things to note:
The partition table is corrupt after a install. (even if I don't install
anything and just go into the intaller's fdisk like screen and type "w".)
If I set the BSD partition active the system beeps at start up and says no
Operating System.
Are there specs for how to create a partition past the 1024 cyl?
I would like to verify that the installer is writing the correct entries to
the disk.
> Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive
>
>
>
> On 18-Jun-00 Michael Reifenberger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, John Baldwin wrote:
> > ...
> >> and support LBA mode so we can boot off of larger disks, but
> adding this
> >> support into some parts of the bootstrap has some far reaching
> consequences.
> >> As a result, boot0 most likely won't have support for large
> drives until
> >> 5.0, or possibly 4.2 or later on the 4.x branch.
> > using "boot0cfg -B -o packet ad0" solved the booting problem for me.
> > Previously I had to use the win98 bootloader and activate the
> partitions by
> > hand in a dual-boot configuration.
>
> Yes, I should have been more clear. What I am doing is fixing boot0 so
> that it autodetects and uses packet mode when necessary. This
> works around
> a chicken and egg problem whereby a user installs a system but can't boot
> into it to turn on packet mode. :)
>
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