From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 01:15:00 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 CE28F16A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 01:15:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mystic.root.hu (mystic.root.hu [193.202.82.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A649E43D53 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 01:14:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from feczo@fw.hu) Received: from www-data by mystic.root.hu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AesjG-0003sr-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:14:54 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1073639694.3ffe710e94abd@webmail.freeweb.hu> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:14:54 +0100 From: feczo@fw.hu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: 81.182.107.207 Subject: Setting diks geometry on disk which has already data on it 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, 09 Jan 2004 09:15:00 -0000 Hi, I have a 80gig drive (it was operational in another machine) connected through Promise Ultra 133 TX2 at boot time it is detected as 155061/16/63 it contains a vinum drive, and vinum reports its size is zero, I have traced b ack the problem to the geometry stand/sysinstall says it is more likely to be 9729 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors How can I set this geometry without loosing data on the disk .. (I couldnt find any possibility to change geometry on the controller) -- _(_)_ (_. o_) F3CZ0 (_,) http://feczo.nmi.rulez.org ( ) __________________________ // // ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Minőségi Szerver Hosting kedvező áron! bővebben: http://ad.advert.hu/url.php?u=101 Ingyenes (.hu) domain átregisztrálás + ingyenes fenntartás -> http://freeweb.hu (.hu) domain regisztráció + ingyenes fenntartás: 3.900Ft+Áfa! (2 évre) SMSWEB: keress penzt a latogatoiddal! Garantalt bevetel -> http://freeweb.hu/smswebgyik.fw