Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:15:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> 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: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121214110.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <37123E18.DE042B46@mgr3.k12.mo.us>
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, 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 Whatever you do, DON'T TOUCH THE GEOMETRY! Even if the installer says it's wrong, LEAVE IT. > 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 Can you quote the _exact_ text, please? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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