From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 7 11:19: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D10E14C10 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:19:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA16248; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:15:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:15:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: SysAdm Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk_geometry In-Reply-To: <199904071017.LAA17270@viviane.portucel.pt> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, SysAdm wrote: > I have a problem with my hard disk, after a power down I have the > following message: Error: c: 81856 > 1023 (BIOS Limit) I don't know > what BIOS limit is this. But I saw that my disk geometry in FreeBSD > fdisk is diferent. How can I correct my disk geometry without losing > my disk data? Please someone replay as soon as possible. Thanks in > advance Manuela Dias What did you change? It appears that you installed the system beyond the 1024 cylinder limit. You didn't take the disk out of LBA mode, did you? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message