From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 19 7:30: 8 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 43F2B37B401 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:30:07 -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 6810443ED4 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:30:06 -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 18P2cf-000KO7-00 for FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:30:05 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 3EB87163D for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:30:04 +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 7703EEB5 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:29:48 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id E6553225D9; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:29:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:29:48 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices Message-ID: <20021219152948.GA356@raggedclown.net> References: <20021219195150.D2476-100000@sbk-gw.sibnet.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021219195150.D2476-100000@sbk-gw.sibnet.ru> 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 Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 07:56:02PM +0600, Maxim M. Kazachek wrote: > Tekram DC 390 works under sym(4)... Except 390T which is powered by AMD... > > Cliff Sarginson: > Perhaps you need try to play with disk geometry in fdisk... Try to see > what geometry is 1st disk and try set something same on 2nd. > Actually, FreeBSD reports the correct geometry in the startup messages, but fdisk gives the insane geometry the SCSI BIOS complains about. So with due precaution I set the geometry in fdisk to what it should be and it is, or appears to all be fine. I think the >1GB option in the controller is not actually relevant, it has to do with the old 1GB-->8GB limitations I think. Mmm. Well it *looks* like it should now. -- 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