From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 19 04:00:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA29754 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 04:00:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA29741 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 04:00:04 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Lehey Received: from freebie.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0vPomc-000QyXC; Tue, 19 Nov 96 12:56 MET Received: (grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.de (8.8.2/8.6.12) id LAA04102; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:24:24 +0100 (MET) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Message-Id: <199611191024.LAA04102@freebie.lemis.de> Subject: Re: AH2940 complains about disk geometry In-Reply-To: from Daniel O'Callaghan at "Nov 19, 96 11:51:12 am" To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:24:23 +0100 (MET) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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