From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 5 19:48:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA21387 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:48:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA21379 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:48:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA01586; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:48:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:48:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Steve Reid cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 install question - bogus disk geometry? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Steve Reid wrote: > I'm attempting to install 2.2.5-RELEASE onto a Quantum Fireball 1080MB > IDE disk. Geometry is 2112/16/63, BIOS using "normal" mode. > > When booting from the install floppy the kernel correctly identifies > this disk. However, when I go to partition the disk and select "use all" > with "dangerously dedicated" mode, it produces a completely bogus > geometry: 1028/255/63. According to the help in the install program, the > geometry is not relevant for "dangerously dedicated" mode (BIOS > geometry?), but when I go to set up the filesystem it gives me 8 gigs of > space. Is this expected behavior? Try putting a small DOS partition on the disk, then start the installer, wipe out the DOS partition, and slice as you prefer. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major