From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 18:35:50 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 707FD16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:35:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1646C43D1D for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:35:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:33:46 -0600 Message-ID: <41BB3E1A.5010806@daleco.biz> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:36:10 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edsger References: <20041211174359.62754A3FF73@ha-smtp0.tiscali.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041211174359.62754A3FF73@ha-smtp0.tiscali.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Dec 2004 18:33:47.0400 (UTC) FILETIME=[F3B1C080:01C4DFAF] 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: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:35:50 -0000 Edsger wrote: >I've been reading up my mail and although a little late, I might have some >information that can help you. I had the same experience you've had, with my >Maxtor of 60 GB. While trying to install freebsd 5.2 a few months ago, the >setup complained about a incorrect drive geometry and it suggested also a >more likely geometry. I continued and when the settings were finally written >to disk my system crashed and my hard drive started to making very weird >noises. I ended up sending my hard disk to Maxtor to receive a new one, >because my disk wouldn't boot properly anymore. I think the error message >you get has nothing to do with some kind of maximum hd-capacity freebsd is >able to read (my drive was "only" 60 GB). I've learned that in case with >these kind of weird suggestions the installer makes you'd better think twice >before applying them. > >Hope this helps you in some way. I'd like to here if you find out what's >causing the errors the installer makes. > >Edsger > > I'd like to hear also, as my experience is quite the opposite of yours. Having installed 5.2.1 and 5.3 on about half a dozen boxes now, I've never had a crash or installer hang after allowing the system to use what it suggests for drive geometry. But, that's just me. Kevin Kinsey