From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 19:21:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304EC16A69A for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 19:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD3EE43D53 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 19:21:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdow@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=I5IBh6//khIJS79eWsrqufuGbHFtZWENLDGLSpMNOyQXszsnr0yo2UZAsmbHXX6v; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.116.177.151] (helo=Wednesday) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FiyvL-0006n9-HU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 15:21:39 -0400 Message-ID: <02d301c67f67$482b15a0$0225a8c0@Wednesday> From: "jdow" To: References: <9a4a258a0605240749j6901765auf942c5c6cd99671e@mail.gmail.com><44747DD3.9040805@daleco.biz> <9a4a258a0605241035v28088f83l845c8c320a44f87@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:21:38 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-ELNK-Trace: bb89ecdb26a8f9f24d2b10475b5711200b37f73714bee66ddaaf61799b3beebb4d56de0567dbccc3350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.116.177.151 Subject: Re: Disk Geometry Errors. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 19:21:43 -0000 One thing that comes to mind, as I read below, is that it appears you setup the drives for RAID 1. Then you transplanted to them to a RAID 5 controller. "Of course" the partition data will be wrong. The hidden blocks the two RAID controllers use are probably different and the method of storage for RAID 5 is quite different from that used by RAID 1. (Worse yet, you may have managed to hose the drives so that any data on them is gone.) {^_^} Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisandro Grullon" Hi Kevin and thanks for repplyng, sysinstall does not crach at all, the problem is that the information is not retain by the label. I keep getting that contact "Disk Geometry" error when I try fdisk into the volume/drive. Any ideas what is happening. let me know what other information you may need to assist me further. On 5/24/06, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > Lisandro Grullon wrote: > > Good Morning, > > > > Last night I was trying installing a new Areca controller 1120 8 ports > > using a 5 bay (300GB seagate) drives Raid 5. The main OS is install > using the > > SATA controller in RAID 1 configuration of the mother board, the > addition of > > last night was a separate controller I install.The install when good and > I > > installed my modules in the kernel, now my problem is when I try to > > partition the volume using fdisk/label with system install it is giving > me > > nasty disk geometry incorrect error, can anyone tell me what is this all > > about? Thank you. > > We'd probably need some more information. Does sysinstall crash? > Does the fdisk information get written to disk anyway? The label? > > KDK > > -- > Zero Mostel: That's it baby! When you got it, flaunt it! Flaunt it! > -- Mel Brooks, The Producers > > -- Lisandro Grullon New York City College of Technology Division of Continuing Education Director of Network Operations Lisandro Office: 1718-552-1178 Lisandro E-mail: lgrullon@citytech.cuny.edu "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.". _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"