Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:04:07 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ercan Ozkan <ercanozkan@mersin.edu.tr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I could't install freeBSD on a maxtor 40GB hdd? Message-ID: <20020523150407.D99686@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200205231531.g4NFVOG13143@mail.mersin.edu.tr>; from ercanozkan@mersin.edu.tr on Thu, May 23, 2002 at 05:38:04PM %2B0300 References: <200205231531.g4NFVOG13143@mail.mersin.edu.tr>
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--yudcn1FV7Hsu/q59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 05:38:04PM +0300, Ercan Ozkan wrote: >=20 > dear sirs, >=20 > I could't install freeBSD4.4(5) on a maxtor D740X-6L 40GB hdd. >=20 > I define disk geometry 4866/255/63 for this hdd. > waiting for your help.. You shouldn't need to set a geometry, FreeBSD will figure it out for itself. If this doesn't work then you may have an old BIOS which is not compatible with large hard drives. Kris --yudcn1FV7Hsu/q59 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE87WdXWry0BWjoQKURAkzlAJ4sTBtTq25D3C0MQ19RT9dmxu+ufwCaAgx9 thC4e6INrzfGvDKCk2qzquI= =GFc1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yudcn1FV7Hsu/q59-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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