Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:33:33 -0600 From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> To: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com>, "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly Message-ID: <000901c0abd2$f77b2ae0$0204a8c0@blah1> References: <005201c0ab85$a9be6080$0216a8c0@eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au> <002801c0abbf$b320d330$6102a00a@nhqadmin17>
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ah yes, it was a jumper setting thanks. That's wierd though. but it works thanks for you help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com> To: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 7:15 AM Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The problem is not with BSD. I had the same problem. You have to > look in your hard driver manual but there should be a jumper to set > this so the correct amount comes up. Your current jumper on your > hard drive is preventing this. BSD is just accepting what > information is being passed to it instead of getting the actual disk > amount. Something to that matter, maybe someone can explain this a > little better. This was what was explained to me by someone on the > list. After I changed my jumper setting, magic everything worked > fine. > > I wonder though if BSD shouldn't fix this because I didn't have this > problem with my Windows nor Linux but did with BSD. Well something > to keep in back of the mind. After all that's why they call it > learning. > > Ben > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:20 AM > Subject: Fw: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > > > > > > From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> > > > > > Yeah I just tried that no go. It must be a freebsd prob i dunno. > > > i don't think it's my BIOS being that windows picks everything up > > > just fine > > > > > > I have a 15gig drive with two partitions. one is 10GB the > > other > > > > > > This is what is showing up: > > > > Disk Geometry: 256cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 4112640 sectors > > > > (2008MB) > > > > See if you can set your cylinder count to something like 1002560 > > .. > > > > The reason I pick that number is because : > > > > presently the geometry says you have a 2.1 gb hard drive > > (256 cyl * 255 heads * 63 sectors * 512 bytes = 2105671680 = ~ 2.1 > > gb) > > > > The heads and sector counts are at max (255 and 63) so the only > > value you can play with is the cylindar count. You said you have a > > 15 gb drive, so : (15*1024*1024*1024 = 16106127360 bytes (15 gb) ) > > (16106127360 / 255 / 63 = 1002560 (rounded down) ) > > > > Keep in mind that all the values kept by the BIOS/OS are actually > > virtual; The hard drive takes these values and maps them to the > > correct place internally. > > > > This is the gist of the message I saw on the OpenBSD lists, but I > > was unable > > to find it, sorry - you might want to exercise some care (backup > > important stuff etc) before playing with these values - I can give > > no guarantee, having not done this myself (I just know the theory). > > > > Incidently, 2.1 gb is the hard limit of some old BIOSes. I have > > seen Windows boot from a 2.1gb BIOS limited drive and then redetect > > it at the larger size post-boot - this could be what is happening > > here. If you can get the geometry figures that Windows is using > > and then match these in the FreeBSD settings, everything should be > > hunky dory... if they differ a bit then there could be problems... > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > t > > > > PS: ... and I haven't even had FreeBSD successfully install on my > > system yet (two days of experimenting). :^) > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; > > iQA/AwUBOq4dbght7rD8NlhDEQIQKwCeMLLok9Xgc10IU8cAZQIBhz8CXNoAoI6J > XWtHmwOdXLV2ymjueEPu4e2z > =6o7+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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