From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 12:40:30 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 D799D37B404 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:40:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.unixguru.nl (mosibi.demon.nl [212.238.240.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B5143F3F for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:40:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from richard@unixguru.nl) Received: from mail (mail [192.168.10.4]) by mail.unixguru.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5UJeIpW042959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:40:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from richard@unixguru.nl) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:40:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Richard Arends To: Systems Engineering In-Reply-To: <20030630063511.GB13663@sue.caltech.edu> Message-ID: <20030630213920.X41563@mail.unixguru.nl> References: <20030630063511.GB13663@sue.caltech.edu> X-message-flag: Get yourself a real mail client! http://www.washington.edu/pine/ X-Accepted-File-Formats: ASCII .rtf .ps - *NO* MS Office files please. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: -2.5: EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.33 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometry Error 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, 30 Jun 2003 19:40:31 -0000 On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Systems Engineering wrote: > I am attempting an installation via the 5.1-R iso. During the > partitioning process, fdisk reports that the detected disk geometry is > probably incorrect. Subsequently, I attempt to specify the geometry > reported by bios (CSH:19158,255,16). This geometry is, however, > rejected. I have tried some variations, including the "sane" proposal > that fdisk makes after it reports that the detected disk geometry is > invalid. fdisk accepts them but this does not produce a bootable system > (not surprising). Let me guess. Is it limited to 2 GB? Youre disk probably has a jumper on it with enables it above 2GB. Regards, Richard. ---- Paul Vixie in an interview with Sendmail.net: Now that the Internet has the full spectrum of humanity as users, the technology is showing its weakness: it was designed to be used by friendly, smart people. Spammers, as an example of a class, are neither friendly nor smart.