From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 13:45:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C108316A4CF for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 13:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hunger.joshualokken.com (joshualokken.com [63.226.239.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425A143D4C for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 13:45:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshua@twobirds.us) Received: from freebsd.jolok.org ([10.0.0.3] helo=jolok.org) by hunger.joshualokken.com with smtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1BKjHy-0006tL-9w; Mon, 03 May 2004 12:39:44 -0700 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 13:46:04 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken To: cz@aegisnet.biz Message-ID: <20040503204604.GB3646@freebsd.jolok.org> Mail-Followup-To: cz@aegisnet.biz, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040503090312.GB3018@iluvatar.bbk.hh.aegisnet.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040503090312.GB3018@iluvatar.bbk.hh.aegisnet.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Little to none... X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "hunger.jolok.org", hasmessageblock similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: * Carsten Zimmermann [2004-05-03 02:08]: > Hello list. > > I know this had been discussed quite often, but none of the posting > google offered worked out for me. Please (B)Cc: me as I am not on the list. > > I have a Western Digital WDC WD400AB-00CMB0 40 GB IDE drive hooked in as > pri slave in my system butsay: the drive seems to work well on WinXP. I encountered > no problem revealed some UDMA ICRC ... crap error style messages. [...] Content analysis details: (0.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description --------------------------------------------------domain cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning fails due to drive geometry inconsistency X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 20:45:53 -0000 * Carsten Zimmermann [2004-05-03 02:08]: > Hello list. > > I know this had been discussed quite often, but none of the posting > google offered worked out for me. Please (B)Cc: me as I am not on the list. > > I have a Western Digital WDC WD400AB-00CMB0 40 GB IDE drive hooked in as > pri slave in my system and wish to install FreeBSD on it. This is not my > first install, but it won't work this time (using 5.2.1-R): > [snip] > > Important to say: the drive seems to work well on WinXP. I encountered > no problem there. Using the DEBUG=yes in the installation options menue > revealed some UDMA ICRC ... crap error style messages. Unofficially, something like this will work: 1) Swap the drives 2) Install FreeBSD on the [now] master 40GB drive 3) Install GAG (Graphical Boot Manager). You can find it here: http://gag.sourceforge.net/ GAG is very easy to install and setup, and will happily boot either OS from either drive. I have been running FreeBSD 4-stable on the same WD drive for around 3 years, and I like it alot. Note: there are other ways to do this. The above solution will get you where you want to go, but others may have more elegant solutions. -- Joshua "I've travelled the world and the seven seas; I am watching you through a camera!" -- Artie Ziff