From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 13:04:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3056E37B401 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:04:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DC4B43FDD for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:04:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 14429 invoked by uid 65534); 12 Jun 2003 20:04:10 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-203.openweb.ca (EHLO [64.39.186.203]) (64.39.186.203) by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 12 Jun 2003 22:04:10 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <005601c3311b$7f358dc0$0100a8c0@mk> References: <005601c3311b$7f358dc0$0100a8c0@mk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1055448247.79346.2.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.0 Date: 12 Jun 2003 16:04:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: disk geometry problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:04:13 -0000 On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 15:47, prodigy wrote: > I got a problem with installation of freebsd v.4.8 > I cannot get past the boot manager's F? prompt after installation. Where and How can I find out exact disc geometry. You can get it in 2 ways: a) From the system BIOS b) From the FreeBSD install CD, when setting up your partitions (it reports the disk geometry at the top of the screen) Hope this helps, -- Adam