Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:24:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: FreeBSD Stable <fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> Cc: David Burren <david@burren.cx>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting drive geometry, big drives? Message-ID: <20020201122208.X9956-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020131222442.I96906-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, FreeBSD Stable wrote: > So, why does the partition editor think the 119150/16/63 > numbers would be a bad selection??? It is what it is > getting when it asks the drive, apparently. Why should > I _not_ use the numbers in the probe, and why not use > the BIOS reported numbers? It might be using the values from the MBR/DOS partition table. If you're going to use the whole disk anyway, zero off the front end and let FreeBSD generate a partition table. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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