Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 05:51:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Ghoee <ghoee@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Disk geometry : Real vs. BIOS Message-ID: <20010624125142.11230.qmail@web4401.mail.yahoo.com>
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I try to install a 40 GB HDD in a P-166 comp, which the bios setting only can get to 8 GB. However, under FBSD, it recognized the full 40 GB. On the other hand, it gives warning about some invalid disk geometry. Accroding to the online help, I should use the BIOS geometry setting. Question : Would it be a bad if I go ahead using the 'invalid' geometry and recoup all the space (it's a dedicated HDD anyway), resulting in some unforeseen future loss of data ? FYI, the 'unsolved' No Disk Found using sysinstall Fdisk most probably due to 'Extreme' security setting. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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