Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:33:43 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Mike Loiterman <mike@ascendency.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10301081933310.1906-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <001001c2b774$a0136470$0302a8c0@mike>
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got me hangin unless fbsd does use bios for ide On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey <mailto:shovey@buffnet.net> wrote: > > >> I think you're right. So should I just define the drive correctlt in > >> fdisk? If so, what would be the proper settings. > > > > > > usually a drive has em on the drive on something - a sticker/label > > sorta thing with head, cyl, sect, etc > > Ok I found out the proper numbers: > 39704 cyls, 16 heads, 63 sectors. > > I defined it that way in the BIOS. > > When I get to the fdisk part of the install I did 'G'. I then set the geometry according to those numbers and told it to use the entire drive. When I go to define the slices, though, it still thinks the drive is only 2 gigs. What am I doing wrong? > > - ------------------------------------------- > Randomly Generated Quote: > Time is nature's way of making sure > that everything doesn't happen at once. > > Mike Loiterman > PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > http://www.ascendency.net > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0 > Comment: This message has been digitally signed by Mike Loiterman > > iQA/AwUBPhy/yWjZbUnRudGOEQJuMQCfdGPiziwQl63XRoKBezC+Qgc//SUAoNk6 > BQUYb3spQEflY3x6i4a2A71G > =AUgk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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