From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 19 04:37:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA27658 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:37:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-c04.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA27652 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:37:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA00394; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:34:50 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808190434.EAA00394@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Sebastien GIORIA cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Artecon RAID array In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:17:16 +0200." <19980818161716.B20866@francenet.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:34:49 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have trouble in installing FreeBSD 2.2.7 on it. I can't > partition my disk. No problem can be found on installing an BSD/OS 3.1 > on it with some parameters that the FreeBSD disk doesnt recognize: > > BSD/OS Params are: 100 cyl/1 Head/2048 sector This would give you a disk with 204800 blocks, or 100kB. > FreeBSD complains about no valid geometry ???? The geometry above is not "valid" in the PC context. Boot with '-v' and see what the BIOS geometry reported for the disk is, and try setting that geometry manually. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message