From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 09:26:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5B516A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:26:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from aviti.net (aviti.net [217.144.68.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C33943D2F for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:26:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from life@zone3000.net) Received: from zone3000.kharkov.ua ([217.144.68.98] helo=adserver.zone3000.net) by aviti.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Aw2nb-0006lV-NP for freebsd-config@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:26:19 +0200 Received: from life ([10.1.1.36]) by adserver.zone3000.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:35:00 +0200 Message-ID: <00b701c3fbc4$83ff3c10$2401010a@zone3000.net> From: "Vitali Malicky" To: "Alan" , References: <403E1EE0@webster.usu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:26:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Feb 2004 17:35:00.0765 (UTC) FILETIME=[B1DC74D0:01C3FBC5] Subject: Re: freebsd fdisk won't recognize my disk geometry X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Vitali Malicky List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:26:23 -0000 Hey, is this FreeBSD-5.2? If so read carefully the message it wants to tell you. Just find your disk geometry in the BIOS and then in fdisk you just enter the BIOS values by hand At least it did the trick with my installation. The OS works ok till up to now. WBR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:30 PM Subject: freebsd fdisk won't recognize my disk geometry > I'm trying out Freebsd for the first time, and have run into an installation > snag. The fdisk program doesn't like the drive geometries provided by the > bios. > > The bios reports the following for my two drives: > > disk1 (ad0): > WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 > 40022 Mb > cyl: 19158 > head: 16 > precomp: 0 > landing zone: 19157 > sector: 255 > > disk2 (ad1): > Maxtor 6Y080P0 > 81 Gb > cyl: 39236 > head: 16 > precomp: 0 > landing zone: 39235 > sector: 255 > > freebsd fdisk for ad0 gives me a warning: > A geometry of 77545/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry, > etc. > > The "more likely" geometry it selects is: > 4865/255/63 > > for ad1: > A geometry of 158816/16/63 for ad1 is incorrect. Etc. > > The more likely geometry is: > 9964/255/63 > > If I use the geometry command to try to change the geometry to what bios > reports I get the same error, and it goes back to the more likely geometry. > > Any idea what's going on here? > > Alan Grover > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-config@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-config > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-config-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"