Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:48:23 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Bogdan Taru <bgd@icomag.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [bgd@level5.de: invalid geometry for >1TB] Message-ID: <433AD767.50107@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20050928174504.GA70900@icomag.de> References: <20050928171334.GA70500@icomag.de> <433AD437.8050803@centtech.com> <20050928174504.GA70900@icomag.de>
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Bogdan Taru wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:34:47PM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > >>Bogdan Taru wrote: >> >>> Hi hackers, >>> >>>tryin' to install 4.11 or 5.x on a Dell box with a Perc 3/Di Raid >>>controller (with 5x 300GB scsis). I get 'invalid geometry' when running >>>sysinstall/fdisk on the 'disk', the geometry presented being: >>> >>>145815 cyl / 255 heads / 63 sectors >>> >>>I tried to press 'A' for allocate the whole disk, and after several more >>>warnings it did that, but now the 'free' space in the list has a big minus >>>value as 'Offset'. Is that a problem? >>> >>>What should I do in order to get fbsd on this box? Change geometry? Any >>>other hacks/workarounds? >> >>Have you tried using gpt to partition it? > > > Hm. What's gpt? gpt stand for 'great and powerful tool'. Just kidding. From gpt(8): gpt -- GUID partition table maintenance utility check out the man page for details.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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