From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jan 31 16: 5:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mta04bw.bigpond.com (mta04bw.bigpond.com [139.134.6.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F8237B400 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:05:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from ninox.burren.cx ([144.135.24.78]) by mta04bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQTV8K00.6PQ for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 10:12:20 +1000 Received: from CPE-61-9-164-177.vic.bigpond.net.au ([61.9.164.177]) by bwmam04.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 35/2781976); 01 Feb 2002 10:05:08 Received: (qmail 6276 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2002 00:05:01 -0000 Received: from localhost.local2 (HELO burren.cx) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.local2 with SMTP; 1 Feb 2002 00:05:01 -0000 To: FreeBSD Stable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: David Burren Subject: Re: Setting drive geometry, big drives? In-Reply-To: Message from FreeBSD Stable of "Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:51:11 MDT." <20020131163919.A96561-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:05:00 +1100 Message-ID: <6274.1012521900@burren.cx> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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