From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Oct 11 00:24:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA24460 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 11 Oct 1996 00:24:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy.grolier.fr (root@speedy.grolier.fr [194.158.97.87]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA24420 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 1996 00:23:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from celebris (ppp-196-169.neuilly.club-internet.fr [194.117.196.169]) by speedy.grolier.fr (8.7.6/MGC-960516) with SMTP id JAA09952 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:18:25 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <325DF5FB.37C5@mail.club-internet.fr> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:23:39 +0200 From: Jean-Marc BOTTURA X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: geometry problem with 4GB micropolis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I tried to install 2.1.5 onto 4 GB micropolis. The partition editor told me that the geometry was incorrect, and that it took default values. I tried to modify the geometry thru G option, by giving the values from Micropolis (3956/19/139) but the message was still displayed ! Then I installed a small dos bootable partition and when I tried again the installation, there wasn't any more error message about the geometry, but it displayed :522/255/63 (255 heads !?) and now it works fine. But is it correct with this geometry ? Isn't there a risk for potential problems later ? Thanks in advance if someone can help me to understand what happened ! Best regards, Jean-Marc BOTTURA