Re: Second try--can someone interpret these install boot messages?
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 04:09:06PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
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> Drive looks toasted. However ...
Yes, it does boot DOS and Windows.
> : The weird thing: the CHS numbers don't match either what CMOS says
> : (under MSD in DOS) or what I pass to the kernel at the boot
> : prompt, i.e. hd=1010,12,55. (The drive is a WD Caviar 340 MB.)
> Try passing the geometry at the boot prompt:
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> hda=1010,12,55
Unfortunately I tried that too.
> The "help" on the boot floppy is wrong, you can't say "hd=..."; you must
> say hda, hdb, or whatever.
According to the kernel sources, for the old hd drivers (not
enhanced IDE) you need to use hd=.
> We intsalled on a Tandy machine the other dau that refused to work at
> all unless we passed the drive's geometry with "hda=..." and also
> specified "hdb=none"
>
> You should get the Bootprompt-HOWTO. It addresses many problems of this
> type.
I gave that a good looking over, believe me. But thanks anyway.
Best regards,
Curt
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