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Subject: Re: Disk geometry, 5.3b7 install
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Subhro wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:03:21 -0600, freebsd@dreamchaser.org 
> 
> 
>>The only problem is that the geometry was reported as bad by
>>sysinstall, and implied I needed to change it.
>>Yet the partition step appears to have changed it already, or is
>>assuming it will be changed.
>>I don't understand what the situation is:
>>  sysinstall reported geometry as 155061/16/63 and said it was bad
>>  then partitioning assumes it will be  9729/255/63
> 
> 
> Ignore the warning and proceed with the install. The partitioning
> utility had already guessed the correct values and will proceed it.
> BTW may I have the part number of the drive? I would like to check the
> hardware literature.

Seagate ST380013AS
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/sata/cuda7200_sata_pm.pdf

Thanks again.

Gary