diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index ad60989e3d..e1da19a0cc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $
+ $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $
1995
@@ -4528,6 +4528,60 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254
kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254
+
+
+
+ After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays
+ Read error and stops.
+
+
+
+
+ FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard
+ drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when
+ creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice.
+
+ The correct drive geometry values can be found within the
+ machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and
+ sectors for the particular drive.
+
+ Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit
+ G for:
+
+ G = set Drive Geometry
+ A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads
+ and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by
+ forward slashes.
+
+ 5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as
+ 5000/250/60
+
+ Press enter to set the values, and hit W
+ for:
+
+ W = Write Changes
+ This will write the new partition table to the drive.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I
+ get it back?
+
+
+
+
+ Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure,
+ then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on
+ with the space key. Press
+ W to write changes to the drive. A prompt
+ will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this,
+ and it will be restored.
+
+
+
diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index ad60989e3d..e1da19a0cc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.196 2001/05/16 16:59:53 ue Exp $
+ $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.197 2001/05/16 17:03:55 ue Exp $
1995
@@ -4528,6 +4528,60 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -> i8254
kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254
+
+
+
+ After the BIOS screen, FreeBSD's boot loader displays
+ Read error and stops.
+
+
+
+
+ FreeBSD's boot loader is incorrectly recognizing the hard
+ drive's geometry. This must be manually set within fdisk when
+ creating or modifying FreeBSD's slice.
+
+ The correct drive geometry values can be found within the
+ machine's BIOS. Look for the number of cylinders, heads and
+ sectors for the particular drive.
+
+ Within &man.sysinstall.8;'s fdisk, hit
+ G for:
+
+ G = set Drive Geometry
+ A dialog will pop up requesting the number of cylinders, heads
+ and sectors. Type the numbers found from the BIOS seperates by
+ forward slashes.
+
+ 5000 heads, 250 sectors and 60 sectors would be entered as
+ 5000/250/60
+
+ Press enter to set the values, and hit W
+ for:
+
+ W = Write Changes
+ This will write the new partition table to the drive.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Another operating system destroyed my Boot Manager, how do I
+ get it back?
+
+
+
+
+ Enter &man.sysinstall.8 and choose Configure,
+ then Fdisk. Select the disk the Boot Manager resided on
+ with the space key. Press
+ W to write changes to the drive. A prompt
+ will appear asking which boot loader to install. Select this,
+ and it will be restored.
+
+
+