From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 03:32:37 2004 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 3232116A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 03:32:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web41725.mail.yahoo.com (web41725.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.94.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15D9F43D31 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 03:32:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eodyna@yahoo.com.au) Received: (qmail 7445 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Nov 2004 03:32:36 -0000 Message-ID: <20041105033236.7443.qmail@web41725.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.8.18.100] by web41725.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:32:36 EST Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:32:36 +1100 (EST) From: eodyna To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: a little trouble with 5.2.1 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: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:32:37 -0000 hi there, Work Recently purchased a dell optiplex gx280. They come with a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller and a 40g WD sata drive. When i installed 5.2.1 it complained that the disk geometey was incorrect(77504/16/63). I tried changing it to the correct (4863/255/63)setting by pressing (G) at the fdisk configuration screen, and the value 4863/255/63 was already entered in the pop up box. i saved it, and proceed with the rest of the install. At the network screen, it wasn't able to detect the network card. I was able to find that some people were able to get a 57xx working on their freebsd machine. There are a few other areas with "no driver attached" such as disply and audio, but i haven't looked into those of yet. After the installation completed i ran dmesg and the disk geometry didn't change to the new settings. Did i do something wrong with that? Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get this sorted? Any reccomendations would be great. my thanks ams ps: if you can cc me when responding id appreciate it as im not on the list. --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.