From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 17:08:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A20D16A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:08:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2CF43D58 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:08:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from afabian@austin.rr.com) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (cs70112247-52.austin.rr.com [70.112.247.52])iASH8FJ5022888; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:08:20 -0600 (CST) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (turingmachine.mentalsiege.net [127.0.0.1])iASH7GbG072120; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:07:20 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net) Received: (from afabian@localhost)iASH7B66072119; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:07:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:07:09 -0600 From: Adam Fabian To: Jef Dodson Message-ID: <20041128170709.GA71942@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> References: <41A9A161.1040002@nbritton.org> <20041128104257.50440.qmail@web11705.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041128104257.50440.qmail@web11705.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: drive geometry error X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:08:25 -0000 On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 02:42:57AM -0800, Jef Dodson wrote: > I first tried leaving the values alone and it produced the > error. I then tried changing the values to the values that > my BIOS reported but that gave the same error. Incidentally, > the values that the installer is setting are the same values > that I see if I run fdisk and print the partition table for and > identical (but different) drive that has a Linux installation. I'm still hazy on this. On the attempt where FreeBSD said that the reported geometry was unlikely, and it was using a more likely geometry, and you accepted FreeBSD's more likely geometry (if, in fact, you made such an attempt; this is where I'm hazy), when you tried to commit to the install, what error message did you get? -- Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)