From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 19 6:37:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E4FF37B401 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:37:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3EC43ED8 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 06:37:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18P1oB-000GaS-00 for FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:37:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id EC6F8163D for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:37:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 2FCCBEB5 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:37:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 3D5F5225D9; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:37:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:37:38 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices Message-ID: <20021219143738.GA811@raggedclown.net> References: <20021217053758.GA56632@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:59:37AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed > > FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk > > geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. > > It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. > > Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has > > happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it > > is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. > > It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. > > There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. > > Diagnostics show no problems. > > One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. > This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for > freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can > fill in more. > Yes, that is going to be a lot of work :( What is strange is that it is only the SCSI BIOS on the Tekram board that is complaining. Everything seems to be working fine. And I have never had complaints about the first SCSI disk, which is my main FreeBSD Stable system in constant use ! Well, I will have to think on how I am going to do this, it will I guess also affect the SCSI BIOS view of the first disk as well. Mmm. What Sherlock Holmes would call a 2 pipe problem. Thanks for the answer. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message