Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:15:07 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: MGStu Admin <rjn103s@mgr3.k12.mo.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Geometry settings and New Drive (Confused!) Help w/ slices Message-ID: <3712463B.4CCB15AD@3-cities.com> References: <37123E18.DE042B46@mgr3.k12.mo.us>
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You are confusing MB with 1,000,000 bytes. The former is what FreeBSD is reporting and 10^6 bytes is what you purchased. A MB=1,048,576 bytes = 1,024 x 1,024 bytes. 10.24/1.048 = 9.76MB. Kent MGStu Admin wrote: > > 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! > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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