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Date:      Mon,  2 Feb 2004 20:07:59 +0100
From:      akruijff@dds.nl
To:        Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?b?U234cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.2 Floppy install
Message-ID:  <1075748879.401ea00f6886e@webmail.dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20040202092710.B75181@carver.gumbysoft.com>
References:  <1075542602.401b7a4ad72bd@webmail.dds.nl> <20040202092710.B75181@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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Citeren Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>:

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 akruijff@dds.nl wrote:
> 
> > I've just tried to install FreeBSD 5.2 on my new computer and run
> in to
> > a problem with my WD 250G disk.
> >
> > During reinstall it complains that its wrongly configured at
> C/H/S
> > 48521/16/63 and changes it to 30401/255/63. The install then goes
> as it
> > should but after the install it give me the error: "Invalid
> Partion
> > Table" and then continues to try to the bootloader.
> >
> > The BIOS gives three possibilities but all different:
> > CHS 65535/16/255 (I think this is the default at auto)
> > LBA 16643/255/63
> > Large 4095/240/255
> >
> > My question now is to what I should do?
> 
> Try upgrading your BIOS. It sounds like it has problems with 250GB
> disks.

Tanks for you info. I found the problem by just tring a couple of 
numbers i have seen. The change of sysinstall was wrong and by changing 
it back to 48521/16/63 i was able to access the full disk space.

I don't have a clue to the number in the BIOS, but that doesn't matter 
now.

Tanks for your answers,
Alex



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