Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:34:53 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Fritz Heinrichmeyer <fritz.heinrichmeyer@fernuni-hagen.de> Cc: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disk cylinder count wrong Message-ID: <3823072D.1FDEE8FE@nisser.com> References: <382054E6.67A72B4D@nisser.com> <034901bf2620$68d59520$bdc3fea9@megared.net.mx> <3821AFAF.E1B6A92D@nisser.com> <ufbt99wdfj.fsf@jfh00.fernuni-hagen.de>
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Fritz Heinrichmeyer wrote: > > i recently struggled at home with a 15 GB HD and realized to late that > all is answered in the FAQ!! > > file:/usr/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ39.html#39: > > there is written: > > ... the simplest way around this is usually to create a small DOS > partition on the disk. The correct geometry should then be detected .... Thanks! I'm looking at the http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html FAQ again, but that lacks at least a likely subject. Fine. Of course, I gave it the whole disk. Ah well. Roelof PS Didn't know FreeBSD needed DOS to run ;) -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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