From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 17:35:36 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 E36BE37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:35:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns5.eds.com (ns5.eds.com [203.17.185.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE73343E42 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:35:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from siegfried.pietralla@eds.com) Received: from nnsy.eds.com (nnsy-3.eds.com [192.168.1.1]) by ns5.eds.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g6H0Z7l14437; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:07 +1000 (EST) Received: from nnsy.eds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nnsy.eds.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6H0Z5A15051; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:06 +1000 (EST) Received: from ausym000.exau01.exch.eds.com ([134.251.177.117]) by nnsy.eds.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6H0Z5C15046; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:05 +1000 (EST) Received: by AUSYM000 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:01 +1000 Message-ID: <16649A8D5C73D51183B80008C728EEB7CC0AC1@AUSYM103> From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" To: "'Drew Tomlinson'" , lists@brenius.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:35:28 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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: 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: > 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. > 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