From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 06:33:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAAC316A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:33:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms1.usu.edu (ms1.usu.edu [129.123.104.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80ADB43D2D for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:33:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abgrover@cc.usu.edu) Received: from webster.usu.edu (webby.usu.edu [129.123.1.91]) by ms1.usu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1PEUGKj031534 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:30:16 -0700 X-WebMail-UserID: abgrover Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:30:16 -0700 Sender: Alan From: Alan To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00002751 Message-ID: <403E1EE0@webster.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: WebMail (Hydra) SMTP v3.62 X-USU-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the USU HelpDesk for more information (http://helpdesk.usu.edu) X-USU-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-USU-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 5) Subject: freebsd fdisk won't recognize my disk geometry X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:33:45 -0000 I'm trying out Freebsd for the first time, and have run into an installation snag. The fdisk program doesn't like the drive geometries provided by the bios. The bios reports the following for my two drives: disk1 (ad0): WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 40022 Mb cyl: 19158 head: 16 precomp: 0 landing zone: 19157 sector: 255 disk2 (ad1): Maxtor 6Y080P0 81 Gb cyl: 39236 head: 16 precomp: 0 landing zone: 39235 sector: 255 freebsd fdisk for ad0 gives me a warning: A geometry of 77545/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry, etc. The "more likely" geometry it selects is: 4865/255/63 for ad1: A geometry of 158816/16/63 for ad1 is incorrect. Etc. The more likely geometry is: 9964/255/63 If I use the geometry command to try to change the geometry to what bios reports I get the same error, and it goes back to the more likely geometry. Any idea what's going on here? Alan Grover