From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 02:13:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E439116A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:13:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from upipe0.schmolie.com (upipe0.schmolie.com [207.109.186.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E84D943FDD for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:12:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@tecnik93.com) Received: (qmail 17734 invoked by uid 2525); 10 Nov 2003 10:12:59 -0000 Received: from 81.196.25.19 ( [81.196.25.19]) as user itetcu@localhost by webmail.tecnik93.com with HTTP; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:12:59 +0200 Message-ID: <1068459179.3faf64ab1a5aa@webmail.tecnik93.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:12:59 +0200 From: itetcu@tecnik93.com To: Putinas Piliponis References: <1068456039.3faf586800b66@webmail.tecnik93.com> <00e601c3a76e$09a279f0$1e64a8c0@spotripoli.local> In-Reply-To: <00e601c3a76e$09a279f0$1e64a8c0@spotripoli.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 81.196.25.19 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really no one knows ?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:13:01 -0000 Quoting Putinas Piliponis : > some bioses thinks differently about geometry layout for harddisk It seems to me that some Gigabyte MB (with "extended fetures" like SATA or RAID controlers - even when they're not used) report some other HDD geometry that the "normal" ones. > btw dont trust to > much what it shows you in bios ... This days I tend to not trust anything :-/ The system was istalled on a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP (KT400/8235) and moved _without_any_problem_ on a Gigabyte GA-7VT600 1394 (KT600/8237). The HDD set in BIOS on auto and no custom newfs options. But on this new Gigabyte GA-7VT600L (KT600/8237) it just not working. Now, I'll lose some money due to a dead-line ... I'll do daylly back-ups in the future... This is just my desktop ... with mail, docs and work on it. It's fruntating to see the XP booting up with no problem and loosing all your BSD data ... But what if the same thing happends on one of my servers ? That's what really scares me. > if you still have old mb - try > to boot > from that one, and see what is says and make same with new one ... [..] > I > would recommend to start from cd, and in sysinstall choose fdisk > and after > there is option to change / view disk geometry layout ... Yeh, If I was having it probably I wouldn't bother the list so much. But I don't have it. I now the G option, but I don't understand what your suggestion is. Could you please elaborate ? Still, suposing I'll get one MB from my supplier and see what geometry that mobo reports, what should I do to get the HDD working on the new mobo ? Thanks, IOnut