From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 04:06:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C9F16A406 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:06:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B840B13C46E for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2E42xTV062156; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l2E42xne062155; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:02:59 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Aitor San Juan Message-ID: <20070314040259.GA62090@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45F57936.3030601@usm.cl> <1C03BB1950F15F48B9E9654E0EFA42CA049EE7@bb04.bolsabilbao.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1C03BB1950F15F48B9E9654E0EFA42CA049EE7@bb04.bolsabilbao.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing a second hard disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:06:19 -0000 On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:05:16PM +0100, Aitor San Juan wrote: > Hi List, > > I am trying to install a secondary hard disk in a Intel-based PC > with FreeBSD 5.4 > > This secondary disk's capacity is 250 Gb. When I enter sysintall > to try to format it and create a slice, FreeBSD says that the > geometry of disk is not correct. I, then, type in the values detected > by the BIOS as suggested, but FreeBSD still complains that those > are not valid. FreeBSD sees the new disk as a disk of approx. 131 GB. > > So my question is: where is the problem? Is it that FreeBSD is not > able to recognise such a big disk capacity? > > Any hint, suggestion, or web link would be highly appreciated. So far, I have been successful in ignoring those warnings and just going ahead and doing the fdisk / bsdlabel / newfs. After that the warnings seem to stop and everything works OK. It makes me wonder why those messages still come out on new disks, if they aren't meaningful, bit I don't know the whole deal about it. Geometry seems to be virtual and the OS does its own thing once it gets out from under BIOS processing. /////jerry > > Thanks in advance > Aitor. > > > ************ LEGEZKO OHARRA / AVISO LEGAL / LEGAL ADVICE ************* > Mezu honek isilpeko informazioa gorde dezake, edo jabea duena, edota legez babestuta dagoena. Zuri zuzendua ez bada, bidali duenari esan eta ezabatu, inori berbidali edo gorde gabe, legeak debekatzen duelako mezuak erabiltzea baimenik gabe. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Este mensaje puede contener informaci?n confidencial, en propiedad o legalmente protegida. Si usted no es el destinatario, le rogamos lo comunique al remitente y proceda a borrarlo, sin reenviarlo ni conservarlo, ya que su uso no autorizado est? prohibido legalmente. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify it to the sender and delete without resending or backing it, as it is legally prohibited. > ************************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >