Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:28 +1000 From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" <siegfried.pietralla@eds.com> To: "'Drew Tomlinson'" <drew@mykitchentable.net>, lists@brenius.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Message-ID: <16649A8D5C73D51183B80008C728EEB7CC0AC1@AUSYM103>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Drew Tomlinson [mailto:drew@mykitchentable.net] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 8:33 > To: lists@brenius.com; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lists@brenius.com> > To: <questions@freebsd.org> > 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. > surely this is a bug with the installer ( or whatever front-end to fdisk the installer uses )? i can run 'fdisk -f parfile ad3' and specify a geometry of 116301/16/63 and things work fine - so apparently this geometry is not 'incorrect'. ( this is reflecting dmesg - does this come from the bios? i have my disk set to auto detect in the bios since it's in a caddy so i never actually see what the bios thinks it has ). i like to be able to script my entire disk configuration so i always have fdisk and disklabel parameter files for all my disks which makes it much easier and quicker to rebuild/reconfigure as required. but this 'feature' means whenever i use the installer it screws up my geometry ( since i can't seem to skip this step ). is there any real reason why i shouldn't use 116301/16/63 ? regards, siegfried. regards, siegfried. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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