Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:32:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeremy Scheer <jeremy@mecca.servint.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Western Digital Drives... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10008241325180.11607-100000@mecca.servint.com>
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Hi there... I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4 on a Western Digital WD102AA. It's an LBA drive, the BIOS on the motherboard in LBA-compatible. The problem I'm having is, whenever I try to write slices, the parameters at the top of the screen are getting bumped to 1247/26/63, even after I change the geometry to fit the drive. In turn, I can't write the BSD partitions to the disk. I keep on clocking errors that the system can't write due to invalid configurations. The drive is fine - I've installed 2K, 98 on it no problem. I noticed on your website under the "installation procedures" part there's a screen shot of an fdisk of a Western Digital drive with the exact same parameters as mine. The irony was overwhelming. :) Any ideas? I've searched your site and can't seem to come up with a viable solution to this issue. Could you point me in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jeremy Scheer Engineer Servint To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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