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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:40:25 -0500
From:      MGStu Admin <rjn103s@mgr3.k12.mo.us>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Geometry settings and New Drive (Confused!) Help w/ slices 
Message-ID:  <37123E18.DE042B46@mgr3.k12.mo.us>

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Greetings All,

I am trying to add a 10.24 gig hard drive (fujitsu MPC3102ATE) to a new
box running 3.1 and all is well except I am getting lots of confusing
feedback and can not seem to get the drive sliced to use the full size.


In cmos I have it set for LBA mode and these default to 1244/255/63 for
the cylinders/head/sector settings
(I have always used the cmos suggestion whith other drives in the past)
10.24 gig



The drive  documentation says 16383/16/63    8.45 gig for normal mode
and 10.24 in LBA mode


FreeBSD 3.1 thinks 19841/16/63    9.765 gig


I think the size issue  is causing my problem when I try to make it into
3 (wd2s1e, f, g) slices, the first 2 work but the third says:

an error mount /dev/wd2s1g/usr3  : invalid argument

I am doing the work from /stand/sysinstall

I am trying to setup two 4 gig slices (this works) and the remainder on
the third slice (always fails).


I am confused to the highest degree.  Could someone with more knowledge
help and offer suggestions on how I can get the full drive size setup.




Thanks!!

--
Richard Nelson
FreeBSD WorkStation
Technology Department
Research & Development
FreeBSD + Samba = Free PDC!



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<HTML>
Greetings All,

<P>I am trying to add a 10.24 gig hard drive (fujitsu MPC3102ATE) to a
new box running 3.1 and all is well except I am getting lots of confusing
feedback and can not seem to get the drive sliced to use the full size.
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>In cmos I have it set for LBA mode and these default to 1244/255/63
for the cylinders/head/sector settings
<BR>(I have always used the cmos suggestion whith other drives in the past)
<BR>10.24 gig
<BR>&nbsp;
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>The drive&nbsp; documentation says 16383/16/63&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8.45
gig for normal mode and 10.24 in LBA mode
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>FreeBSD 3.1 thinks 19841/16/63&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9.765 gig
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>I think the size issue&nbsp; is causing my problem when I try to make
it into 3 (wd2s1e, f, g) slices, the first 2 work but the third says:

<P>an error mount /dev/wd2s1g/usr3&nbsp; : invalid argument

<P>I am doing the work from /stand/sysinstall

<P>I am trying to setup two 4 gig slices (this works) and the remainder
on the third slice (always fails).
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>I am confused to the highest degree.&nbsp; Could someone with more knowledge
help and offer suggestions on how I can get the full drive size setup.
<BR>&nbsp;
<BR>&nbsp;
<BR>&nbsp;

<P>Thanks!!
<PRE>--&nbsp;
Richard Nelson
FreeBSD WorkStation
Technology Department
Research &amp; Development
FreeBSD + Samba = Free PDC!</PRE>
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