From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 18 16:52:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA29627 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 16:52:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA29513 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 16:51:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA09605; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:51:14 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:51:12 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: AH2940 complains about disk geometry Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I just pulled a Conner CFP4207S 4.2 GB hdd out of a machine with a Adaptec 1542CF and put it in one with an Adaptec 2940. On bootup, the 2940 complained about the partitioning geometry 4096/64/16 not being compatible with booting or something, and it should be 1024/255/16. This message is followed by a 'Press any key to boot' message. The 2940 is in a production machine, so I could not leave the disk in there regardless, in case an unattended reboot was needed. I had a look in the Adaptec BIOS menus for ignoring that check, and I had a quick attempt to change the disk partitioning, but both failed. Can anyone tell me how to fix the disk or the adaptor, please. Thanks, Danny