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Subject: Re: Netcell SyncRaid SR3000/SR5000 FreeBSD
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"Jonathan Gilpin" <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk> writes:
> Would asking the manufacturer to suggest a suitable geometry for
> FreeBSD solve anything?

No.  Just ask fdisk(1) to use the geometry reported by the BIOS
instead of cooking up its own.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no