From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 02:36:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9B9A106566C for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 02:36:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: from s217.sureserver.com (s217.sureserver.com [203.194.200.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 395458FC19 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 02:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifi.khan@twincling.org) Received: (qmail 31885 invoked by uid 1002); 11 May 2009 02:36:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.10.10.7?) (saifi.khan@twincling.org@59.92.172.29) by s217.sureserver.com with ESMTPA; 11 May 2009 02:36:33 -0000 Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 08:09:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Saifi Khan X-X-Sender: saifi@localhost To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: geometry does not match label 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: Mon, 11 May 2009 02:36:36 -0000 Hi all: when i try to boot the system using FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 bootonly CD, the following line is shown. GEOM: ad4: geometry does not match label (255h,63S != 16h, 63s) i just selected the entire disk and marked it bootable in the fdisk partition editor option. The system has a 160GB SATA HDD with 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Any pointers or suggestions ? thanks Saifi.