From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 27 16:08:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9872016A52E for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D3943E7D for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:58:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kARFvKvU073547; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:57:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id kARFvKlh073546; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:57:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:57:20 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Dima Message-ID: <20061127155720.GB73438@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <3099.217.76.193.117.1164625816.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3099.217.76.193.117.1164625816.metamail@webmail.meta.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:08:03 -0000 On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote: > Hi all. > I have Red Hat Linux 9 running on my server with HDD Western Digital > WD2500JB (250 GB IDE). I'd like to move to FreeBSD 6.1. > During install from CD setup doesn't recognize geometry of my HDD (it > says 484521/16/63 is wrong geometry and switches it to 30401/255/63, but > after that still can't write anything). Red Hat works with geometry > 30401/255/63. Also I've tried to enter data from BIOS - it doesn't help > too. > On HDD's manufacturer site I've read, that recommended geometry is cyls > 16383, secs 63; total sector count - 488 397 168. > > Can someone help me to solve this problem? Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages. This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk for FreeBSD. The geometry that is reported is "virtual" and does not really mean anything for you. Don't try to do anything to the BIOS settings for it either. Just take the [fdisk] option that says to create one large slice comprising the whole disk for FreeBSD and it should overwrite everything nicely. If this doesn't work then it will be necessary to know more about just what kind of disk you are trying to use. ////jerry > > Thank you. > > Dmitriy. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >