Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:05:00 +1100 From: David Burren <david@burren.cx> To: FreeBSD Stable <fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting drive geometry, big drives? Message-ID: <6274.1012521900@burren.cx> In-Reply-To: Message from FreeBSD Stable <fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> of "Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:51:11 MDT." <20020131163919.A96561-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>
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> So the partition editor picks another default, which is > 7476/255/63. Which seems to work fine, but now I have three > different numbers. The boot still shows 119150/16/63, the BIOS > still shows 29437/16/255, and the disklabel shows 7476/255/63. > > Questions: Why the warning about not using the PHYSICAL GEOMETRY, > especially since the BIOS reports an apparently-proper physical > geometry, and I'm told I must use the BIOS settings for the > drive's geometry? And why is the boot message still reporting > 119150/16/63, when that isn't set anywhere??? Surely the driver will be probing the device directly to find the 119150/16/63 geometry. Have you tried setting the BIOS to use the same geometry and see where that gets you? I never trust a BIOS to report an "apparently-proper physical geometry"... __ David Burren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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