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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:06:40 +0800
From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Subject: Re: disk geometry issues during sysinstall of 5.2.1
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I have found that if you just hit "g", it will report the correct disk
geometry and fix the problem without any further intervention. Ideally,
it would be better if this disk geometry bug gets fixed, but for the
time being, hitting "g" is a quick and dirty fix that works for most
people. I wouldn't just ignore the error message and install - I have
indeed messed up my disk geometry that way and had to spend some time
getting it back to the correct settings.

regards,
Robert

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 14:06:04 -0800 
"Goodleaf, John M" <jgoodlea@fhcrc.org> wrote:

> Also, does it really matter? I've poked around the web and it seems
> like a lot of folks have encountered this and simply chosen to ignore
> it. Certainly there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer out there
> that I've seen.