Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:16:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: aeo@ntplx.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128201535.24983U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9701241646.AA17351@ntplx.net>
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 aeo@ntplx.net wrote: > For some reason freebsd detects my hd geometry right on probing > but in fdisk its completely wrong, so i tryed to change it manually > but it still won't give me my hd space! :( I have a conner ide hd > 1.2gig to be exact... any help!? thanks In these cases, you'll want to create a small DOS partition on the target disk, then delete it when you install FreeBSD. This way, sysinstall picks up the geometry that counts and will get it right. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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