7.0beta3 Installation problem
Michael W. Lucas
mwlucas at blackhelicopters.org
Wed Dec 5 14:04:56 PST 2007
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:53:39PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> "Michael W. Lucas" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Every key press in the FDISK menu displays the incorrect geometry
> > message. For example:
> >
> > Downloaded 7.0-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso from ftp.freebsd.org a couple days ago.
> >
> > Select country -> USA
> >
> > Select either Express or Custom install. In this example, I chose
> > Express.
> >
> > Select Partition.
> >
> > Get incorrect geometry message, hit ENTER.
> >
> > See FDISK menu.
> >
> > Hit up arrow.
> >
> > See incorrect geometry message again, hit ENTER.
> >
> > See FDISK again, with selection moved up 1. Hit up arrow again.
> >
> > See incorrect geometry message again, hit ENTER.
> >
> > Should I open a PR, or is this known?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Did you try key 3 = Safe Boot ? (in 10 second timeout before selecting
> USA etc). Some old laptops fail to read fdisk properly without it,
> eg my Digital with 7.0-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso,
> http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/digital/
> http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/#loader.conf
> Though as I see you are using amd*iso I guess you should have a Lot newer
> ATA interafce than my old 586.
This is a SAS system, not SCSI. I can get a dmesg tomorrow if that's
helpful.
The problem is not in the geometry detection, but rather than
sysinstall tells me about the geometry every single time I hit a key
in fdisk.
==ml
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