Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:14:43 +0100 From: "Jonathan Gilpin" <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav=22?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netcell SyncRaid SR3000/SR5000 FreeBSD Message-ID: <058801c57275$5c31b9f0$62c4033e@JONATHAN> References: <003601c570d3$8f51cbc0$62c4033e@JONATHAN> <86is0e4g29.fsf@xps.des.no>
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>These problems are unrelated. FreeBSD does not care about drive >geometry. The reason fdisk(1) mentions it is that the geometry (or >actually a fake but plausible geometry - modern disks can't be >accurately described in terms of C/H/S) is encoded in the MBR for >legacy reasons. If the numbers in the MBR are wrong, the BIOS may be >unable to load FreeBSD from disk when it boots. Would asking the manufacturer to suggest a suitable geometry for FreeBSD solve anything? Or are there any tools which can be used to do this? Jonathan http://www.fluent.ltd.uk/
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