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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


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