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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:04:07 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Ercan Ozkan <ercanozkan@mersin.edu.tr>
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Subject: Re: I could't install freeBSD on a maxtor 40GB hdd?
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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

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