Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:29:18 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) From: "Mike Woods" <Mike@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk> To: <lists@brenius.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Message-ID: <3D3457EE.000001.01456@MegaLord> References: <000b01c22cdf$332e0ba0$7b01a8c0@afi>
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>Setting up a new P4 1.7Ghz system, Maxtor ATA100 80GB HD. >The BIOS see's the drive fine, size is correct. >When I try to install 4.6Release, I am receiving the following: >WARNING: A geometry of 155114/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. >Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or >you are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult >the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the >(G)eometry command to change it now. etc.... >Any suggestions? Try the G command and just specify? Any >possible problems with this down the road? Stick with the Geomerty it wants to use, although the BIOS will display the correct size most bios's will only ever detect 8gb and simply use LBA addressing to get arround this, since Freebsd essentianly bypassed the bios for a good deal of these disk operations it shouldnt be a big issue, i have a 40 and 60gb drives in my file server on a mobo which only supports 2gb drives, both happily working as 40 & 60gb. -- Mike Woods WoA SE Webmonkey & General Dogsbody Amiga North Thames Webmaster & Games Co- ordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------- World Of Amiga SE - http://www.worldofamiga.com Amiga North Thames - Http://www.AmigaNorthThames.co.uk HomePage - Http://www.planetheck.co.uk/~damnation Micronik Busboards Support - Http://www.microniksupport.n3.net ICQ uin - 86410172 MSN Addy - X_satan_666@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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