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Subject: Re: [BSDInstaller] Re: fdisk(8) no longer capable of altering
	geometry
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Chris Pressey wrote:

> Does ANYONE else see the same behaviour that I am seeing? Namely:
>
>- As root, run "fdisk -u ad1" (or on whatever disk you like)
>- Tell fdisk(8) "yes, I'd like to change our idea of what the BIOS
>  thinks (of the geometry of this disk)"
>- Give fdisk(8) any new geometry values you like
>- Be happy with this choice
>- Choose to write the new partition table
>- Get a "GEOM not found" error (optional)
>- Run "fdisk ad1" again and observe that the geometry hasn't changed
>
>I see this on CURRENT as of late last night.
>  
>
I can see this on CURRENT from a week ago.

>-Chris
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