Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:24:23 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: AH2940 complains about disk geometry Message-ID: <199611191024.LAA04102@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961119113409.8206C-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> from Daniel O'Callaghan at "Nov 19, 96 11:51:12 am"
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Daniel O'Callaghan writes: > > Hi, > > I just pulled a Conner CFP4207S 4.2 GB hdd out of a machine with a > Adaptec 1542CF and put it in one with an Adaptec 2940. On bootup, the > 2940 complained about the partitioning geometry 4096/64/16 not being > compatible with booting or something, and it should be 1024/255/16. > This message is followed by a 'Press any key to boot' message. > The 2940 is in a production machine, so I could not leave the disk in > there regardless, in case an unattended reboot was needed. > > I had a look in the Adaptec BIOS menus for ignoring that check, and I had > a quick attempt to change the disk partitioning, but both failed. > > Can anyone tell me how to fix the disk or the adaptor, please. Here's what I have: === root@freebie (/dev/ttyp2) /src/cvs-cur/2500 28 -> disklabel -r sd2 # /dev/rsd2c: type: SCSI disk: CFP4207S label: flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 104 tracks/cylinder: 20 sectors/cylinder: 2080 cylinders: 3998 sectors/unit: 8317919 rpm: 7200 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 8317919 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 3998*) h: 8317919 0 4.2BSD 512 4096 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 3998*) This is currently running under a 1542B, but it was on a 2940 before. You should disable DOS translation, or whatever they call it. Greg
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