From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 3 15:23:28 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA27223 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:23:28 -0700 Received: from aslan.cdrom.com (aslan.cdrom.com [192.216.223.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA27217 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:23:22 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by aslan.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA10188; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:22:50 -0700 Message-Id: <199510032222.PAA10188@aslan.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: aslan.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Chris Shenton cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install -- SCSI geometry incorrect (was OK before!) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 03 Oct 1995 18:13:08 EDT." <199510032213.WAA22836@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 15:22:50 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >On Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:50:13 -0700, "Justin T. Gibbs" org> said: > >Justin> You should use the Adaptec translated geometry for the disc: >Justin> (64 heads, 32 sectors/track, #MB on the drive cylinders) >Justin> standard, (255,63, #MB/7) if you have extended translation >Justin> enabled. The best way to make this happen is to make a small >Justin> dos partition on the disk that you can either leave or blow >Justin> away during the FreeBSD install. FreeBSD will pull the proper >Justin> geometry out of the DOS partion so you don't have to enter it >Justin> manually. > >Uh, how do I put a MS-DOG partition on if I'm only running FreeBSD? Then you have to enter the numbers I gave you above manually. >It's a Seagate ST31200N 1006MB, by the way, if anyone's got numbers >handy. You already have the numbers handy. Your geometry is either 64/32/1006 or 255/63/143 depending on whether you have extended translation turned on in SCSI-Select or not. >PS: how does it `know' my geometry's bad? and why doesn't it tell me > the right geom if it's so smart? :-( Its not smart enough to determine the correct geometry, but its easy to multiply the geometry out and see if it goes beyond the end of the disk. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================