Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:42:36 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: jmora@ahvm.hvm.sas.cica.es Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with my hard disk geometry? Message-ID: <3B2A02BC.106D0228@iowna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10106151013150.2323-100000@groucho.hvm.sas.cica.es>
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What does your BIOS say the geometry is? "Jesus A. Mora" wrote: > > Hi! > > Some days ago, I got my new PC. First, I setup Win98se and then FreeBSD 4.2 > on the second slice. > Shortly after, Windows began to strange things and it even crashed just on > booting. > I got fed up and decided to reinstall Win98 (original version, this time). Of > course, it zapped the BootManager, so I ran BOOTINST, but FreeBSD proved to > be unable to boot. I read anywhere that this could be because of some problem > related with the HD geometry and the solution was to reinstall FreeBSD > > I have a question: those crashes of Win98 could be caused for some strange > incompatibilities or corruption in the info on the Partition Table derived > from the installation of FreeBSD? > It's not a joke: I need BOTH systems on my PC. I know that Windows is not a > model of stability and reliability, but I would like to be sure that a new > installation of FreeBSD won't cripple Windows, behaving "a la Microsoft". > > These are the data: > > >> Hard Disk: Seagate ST-320413A > Size: 20021MB > Cyl: 38792 Hd: 16 Sectors: 63 > > >> Fdisk MS-DOS: (very terse, of course) > Total Space: 19093MB > Part.: DOS: 13978 MB > Non-DOS: 5114 MB > > >> Win98 sees a HD geometry of 2434 cyl, 255 heads and 63 sectors (LBA mode). > > >> MBR-Partition Table: (after reinstalling Win98) > Part.# 1 2 > Active 80 00 > > Start: H 1 255 > S 1 11111111 > C 0 11111111 > > Op.Sys 0c (FAT) a5 (FreeBSD) > > End: H 254 254 > S 11111111 11111111 > C 11111111 11111111 > > Sectors Preceding: 63 28627830 > Length: 28627767 10474380 > > >> FreeBSD's FDISK: (after reinstalling Win98, and FreeBSD unable to boot) > Disk name: ad0 > Geometry: Cyl: 2434 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 > --> 39102210 sectors (19092MB) > > Offset Size (ST) End > 0 63 62 - (unused) > 63 28627767 28627829 ad0s1 FAT = > 28627830 10474380 39102209 ad0s2 FreeBSD C= > 39102210 126 39102335 - (unused) > > Well, I hope some kind fellow will enlighten my mind. > TIA > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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