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Old November 25th, 2008, 07:27
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Hi guys. I have a Dell Inspirion 1100 PC, I am trying to install FreeBSD on it every time I install I get hard drive geometry incorect I ignore this and install with no errors and after install I get "error 128 lba 29" and after that I get " no /boot/loader" or "no /boot/kernel". The hard drive is an 60 Gb Seagate. Can someone advice how to deal with this problem. Thanks a lot.
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Old November 25th, 2008, 11:14
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Tried USB boot and FTP install and a new CD disk, but same problem.
I don't have a clue how to solve this.
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Old November 25th, 2008, 12:13
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Not sure but I think that error is related to bad sectors on the hard disk.
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Old November 25th, 2008, 12:52
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I tried installing Linux and "don't kick me" Windows, they are installing without problems.
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If windows is running, run a chkdsk on the disk. Any bad sectors should show up then.
If there are bad sectors you'll need to replace the drive.
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Try smaller partitions.
Once I used a 60G-partition, failed.
Try 30G, Ok!
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Old November 25th, 2008, 15:31
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I scanned the disk with Seagate native utility, no errors.Tried to put geometry mannualy from the HDD documentation, still not working.
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Tried same thing
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Old November 25th, 2008, 16:05
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Try smaller partitions.
Once I used a 60G-partition, failed.
Try 30G, Ok!
Tried same thing.
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Old November 25th, 2008, 17:23
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Got it working. Installed on another computer, and changed some things in /etc/fstab and everything is working.
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