Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:15:40 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@iet.unipi.it> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/1738: Install floppy returns random geometry with 2GB IDE drive Message-ID: <199610081615.SAA01246@prova.iet.unipi.it> Resent-Message-ID: <199610081630.JAA05709@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1738 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Install floppy returns random geometry with 2GB IDE drive >Confidential: yes >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 8 09:30:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Luigi Rizzo >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-961006-SNAP i386 >Environment: 2GB IDE Drive. Probably uninitialized. >Description: When using the Partition option, the system reports random geometries (different each time). The total number of sectors is close to the real one. >How-To-Repeat: Run "Partition" from the boot floppy. >Fix: I think this has to do with the absence/lack of documentation on a standard way to get geometry info from the disk drive. For what I know some of the related ioctl try to read geomery info from the disk instead of going straight to the IDE device. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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