From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 15:33:29 2002 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 5F06B37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (207-173-254-76.bras01.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [207.173.254.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0CF43E6A for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:33:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from TAGALONG (unknown [165.107.42.110]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 254D9EE751; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <012901c22d18$c98f9350$6e2a6ba5@TAGALONG> From: "Drew Tomlinson" To: , References: <000b01c22cdf$332e0ba0$7b01a8c0@afi> Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:32:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? > Setting up a new P4 1.7Ghz system, Maxtor ATA100 80GB HD. > > The BIOS see's the drive fine, size is correct. > > When I try to install 4.6Release, I am receiving the following: > > WARNING: A geometry of 155114/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. > Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or > you are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult > the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the > (G)eometry command to change it now. etc.... > > Any suggestions? Try the G command and just specify? Any > possible problems with this down the road? I am using an 80 GB IDE drive on my system and it is working fine. As someone else suggested, let FBSD pick the geometry and you should be OK. It worked for me. Also, don't get concerned when you see you only got about 66 GB out of your 80 GB drive. That got me. When I asked about it, I was reminded that the OS reserves 8% of disk space by default for file optimization. The rest was lost due to the manufacturer's interpretation of a GB equaling 1,000,000,000 instead of the true 1,024,000,000 definition. Good Luck! Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message