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authorJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-11 16:22:22 +0000
committerJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-03-11 16:22:22 +0000
commit0a6b754d8d9728dc402d001ebd7e95c407c96909 (patch)
tree388afc084ef96e42a15f3e34d37c2416e3239572 /release
parent05ff97787931d708ae233d5d85ca3dcad3cb2662 (diff)
Add a little blurb to two explanations where the past experience
shows that many users have problems.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/stable/2.2/; revision=23720
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/sysinstall/disks.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/disks.c b/release/sysinstall/disks.c
index b97233a0c6e1..aa9107e3e82a 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/disks.c
+++ b/release/sysinstall/disks.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
*
- * $Id: disks.c,v 1.70.2.8 1997/01/19 09:59:25 jkh Exp $
+ * $Id: disks.c,v 1.70.2.9 1997/01/24 21:05:50 jkh Exp $
*
* Copyright (c) 1995
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ print_chunks(Disk *d)
"a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you\n"
"are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult\n"
"the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the\n"
- " (G)eometry command to change it now.",
+ "(G)eometry command to change it now.\n\n"
+ "Remember: you need to enter whatever your BIOS thinks the\n"
+ "geometry were! For IDE, that's what you have told in the BIOS\n"
+ "setup, for SCSI, it's the translation mode your controller is\n"
+ "using. Do NOT use a ``physical geometry''.",
d->bios_cyl, d->bios_hd, d->bios_sect, d->name);
Sanitize_Bios_Geom(d);
}
@@ -258,6 +262,8 @@ diskPartition(Device *dev, Disk *d)
"and possibly some IDE drives (e.g. drives running under the\n"
"control of sort of disk manager). SCSI drives are considerably\n"
"less at risk.\n\n"
+ "If, on the other hand, your goal is a dedicated FreeBSD machine\n"
+ "and nothing else, this option is for you.\n\n"
"Do you insist on dedicating the entire disk this way?");
}
if (rv == -1)