From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 21:44:04 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 EBB3916A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:44:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F9243D2D for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:44:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq56-034.dial.allstream.net [216.123.134.34]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id 764BCB47F5; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:43:39 -0400 From: epilogue To: Geoffrey Lane Message-Id: <20040715174339.0ac961e3@localhost> In-Reply-To: <40F6CF95.9040404@nb.sympatico.ca> References: <20040712231338.5A64F16A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <40F6CF95.9040404@nb.sympatico.ca> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: mgjscdhl@nb.sympatico.ca cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freeballer@gmail.com Subject: Re: Newbie: Drive geometry in freebsd 4.10 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, 15 Jul 2004 21:44:05 -0000 On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:40:21 -0300 Geoffrey Lane wrote: > I'm trying to tri-boot windows, gentoo and freebsd 4.10 cause I don't > have an extra HD but had an extra slice to install. > the hd is a maxtor 40gb IDE, model# 4d040h2, labeled on it says: cyl > 16383 / head 16 / sectors 63 / LBA 80043264 > when I throw the first install cd in it says the drive geometry is > (4982/16/63 80035830). I booted into gentoo and used > "hdparm -g /dev/hda" which gave me 65535/16/63 = 80043264 > and to be quite honest I've looked but cannot find out where to locate > the BIOSs geometry but partition magic SEEMS > to indicated physcial geometry of 4982/255/63. > I tried to find information in the handbook about it but couldn't and a > google for this is overwelming for a newbie > and nothing specifically I can see about my drive geometry... > > /dev/ad0s1 --> WinXP > /dev/ad0s2 --> Gentoo2004.1 > /dev/ad0s3 --> ** FREEBSD ** > /dev/ad0s4 --> EXTENDED > /dev/ad0s5 --> FAT32 partition for downloading to on all OSs > /dev/ad0s6 --> Linux SWAP > > I'm not sure which drive geometry I should be using, I've heard of > issues installing freebsd causes problems with the geometry > and using other os/utils (ghost/partition magic) afterwards. I do not > want to lose anything on the drive! > If I need the BIOSs geometry, I would appreciate a suggestion of a tool > to find this out or can I trust the hdparm/partitionmagic? i know next to nothing about disk geometries, but i have defintely seen some linux HOWTOs which cover multiple booting (windows, linux, bsd). i would have another google, if i were you. try using keywords like 'freebsd' 'linux' 'windows' 'dual-boot' and 'triple-boot'. also, try visiting tldp.org for that HOWTO. and see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/multi-os/ and maybe http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/ perhaps another reader will have more info or a better link to provide. at any rate, good luck. > I would appreciate the help, > Geoff > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >