From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 16 21:38:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1BEE37B404 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E6443EDE for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:38:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18OAR5-000Gbh-00 for FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:38:31 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 1FAEBF04 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:38:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 3B083B6F for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:37:58 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 3DFC0225D9; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:37:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:37:58 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Current Subject: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices Message-ID: <20021217053758.GA56632@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I installed a second SCSI disk on a system. For testing I installed Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. Diagnostics show no problems. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message