Added the following to the opening statement of install:
Before starting, it is important to know your hard disk's geometry (i.e., number of cylinders, heads and sectors/track). If installing FreeBSD on the same disk as another operating system, then the two systems should use the same geometry. In particular, FreeBSD's default geometry is inappropriate for MS-DOS. So in this case, the DOS geometry should be used instead. [This seems to be true for SCSI disks. What about IDE? With the new boot blocks, can we ignore the disks true geometry??]
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@ -375,16 +375,17 @@ echo
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echo "This program is designed to help put ${OPSYSTEM} on a hard disk with"
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echo "at least $DISKMIN Megabytes of free space."
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echo
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echo "If other operating systems are already on the disk, ${OPSYSTEM}"
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echo "should be able to install alongside them. Otherwise, if the disk"
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echo "is being installed for the first time, it would probably be useful"
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echo "to have the disk's hardware manual, the installation notes, and a"
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echo "calculator handy."
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echo "Before starting, it is important to know your hard disk's geometry"
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echo "(i.e., number of cylinders, heads and sectors/track). If installing"
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echo "${OPSYSTEM} on the same disk as another operating system, then the"
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echo "two systems should use the same geometry. In particular, ${OPSYSTEM}'s"
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echo "default geometry is inappropriate for MS-DOS. So in this case, the"
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echo "DOS geometry should be used instead."
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echo
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echo "As with anything which modifies a hard drive's contents, this"
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echo "program can cause SIGNIFICANT data loss, and we strongly recommend"
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echo "making sure that the hard drive is backed up before going further with"
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echo "the installation process."
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echo "As with anything which modifies a hard drive's contents, this program"
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echo "can cause SIGNIFICANT data loss. We strongly recommend making sure"
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echo "that the hard drive is backed up before going further with the"
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echo "installation process."
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echo
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echo -n "Proceed with installation? [y] "
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read resp junk
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@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ y*|Y*)
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echo "Cool! Let's get to it..."
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echo
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echo "If a mistake is made along the way, don't bail out."
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echo "At the end, you have the option to redo the configuration."
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echo "At the end, you have the option of redoing the configuration."
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echo "If you really must quit at some point, type <CTRL>+C and"
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echo "enter \`halt' at the command prompt, \`#'."
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;;
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@ -490,6 +491,8 @@ echo -n "Disk label name (one word, please)? [${name:-mfr_model}] "
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read resp junk
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name=${resp:-${name:-mfr_model}}
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echo
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echo "${OPSYSTEM} should use the same hard disk geometry as used by other"
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echo "operating systems on the hard disk."
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echo -n "Number of bytes per disk sector? [${bytes_per_sect:-512}] "
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read resp junk
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bytes_per_sect=${resp:-${bytes_per_sect:-512}}
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