Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 21:52:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Cc: Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com> Subject: Re: scsi disk geometry problems - cannot install FreeBSD. Message-ID: <200205281952.g4SJqhR09640@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <20020527003955.Y18408-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com>
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Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com> wrote: > I think this is a problem with having the wrong geometry for my scsi > disks. Before guessing, please have a look at the Alt-F2 virtual screen, and see what error messages do appear there. > - If my disk manufacturer says: 30,200 cylinders, 4 heads, and "432 > to 737" sectors/track, how do I input that into freeBSD (since > 432-737 is a range) You don't, since it's a physical geometry value that is pointless for the ancient fdisk format. fdisk always has to use invented numbers that multiply to less (or equal) than the actual capacity of the drive. (Did i write that fdisk is ancient? :-) It should have used logical block numbers only right from the beginning, than we didn't need to care for any "geometry" these days.) -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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