From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 10:30:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E18D937B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:30:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow058o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E229B43E3B for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:30:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Mike@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk) Received: from pcow058m.blueyonder.co.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:29:55 +0100 Received: from MegaLord (unverified [80.193.226.54]) by pcow058m.blueyonder.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.9) with SMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:29:24 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <3D3457EE.000001.01456@MegaLord> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:29:18 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) Content-Type: Text/Plain X-Mailer: IncrediMail 2001 (1600532) From: "Mike Woods" References: <000b01c22cdf$332e0ba0$7b01a8c0@afi> X-FID: FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 X-FVER: 2.0 X-CNT: ; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 To: Cc: Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Reply-To: "Mike Woods" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >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