From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 17 10: 5:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A52137B406 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (207-173-227-236.bras01.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [207.173.227.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35DB843E4A for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:05:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from bigdaddy (bigdaddy [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B2E0EE547; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:05:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000b01c22db4$1db94700$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> From: "Drew Tomlinson" To: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" , , References: <16649A8D5C73D51183B80008C728EEB7CC0AC1@AUSYM103> Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:05:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" To: "'Drew Tomlinson'" ; ; Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:35 PM Subject: RE: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Drew Tomlinson [mailto:drew@mykitchentable.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2002 8:33 > > To: lists@brenius.com; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:41 AM > > Subject: 80GB IDE Drive Compatible? > > > > > > > Setting up a new P4 1.7Ghz system, Maxtor ATA100 80GB HD. > > > > > > The BIOS see's the drive fine, size is correct. > > > > > > When I try to install 4.6Release, I am receiving the following: > > > > > > WARNING: A geometry of 155114/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. > > > Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or > > > you are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult > > > the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the > > > (G)eometry command to change it now. etc.... > > > > > > Any suggestions? Try the G command and just specify? Any > > > possible problems with this down the road? > > > > I am using an 80 GB IDE drive on my system and it is working fine. As > > someone else suggested, let FBSD pick the geometry and you should be > > OK. It worked for me. > > > > surely this is a bug with the installer ( or whatever front-end to fdisk the > installer uses )? i can run 'fdisk -f parfile ad3' and specify a geometry of > 116301/16/63 and things work fine - so apparently this geometry is not > 'incorrect'. ( this is reflecting dmesg - does this come from the bios? i > have my disk set to auto detect in the bios since it's in a caddy so i never > actually see what the bios thinks it has ). i like to be able to script my > entire disk configuration so i always have fdisk and disklabel parameter > files for all my disks which makes it much easier and quicker to > rebuild/reconfigure as required. but this 'feature' means whenever i use the > installer it screws up my geometry ( since i can't seem to skip this step ). > > is there any real reason why i shouldn't use 116301/16/63 ? I don't really know. I just used what it reported and it worked for me. Cheers, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message