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From: "J. Nyhuis" <cabal@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Q: ATA HDD installer issue
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 	Greetings,

 	I am installing FreeBSD 5.4 on a system using a Seagate Barracuda 
(Model ST380011A) 80GB drive.  This drive has 38297 cylinders, 16 heads, 
and 255 sectors (this is identified both on a label on the drive and by 
the BIOS IDE auto-detect).
 	The FreeBSD installer make it to the disk partitioning screen, and 
produces an error stating that my drive parameters are wrong, and that I 
should manually correct them.  When I enter the parameters 38297/16/255 
(cylinders/heads/sectors), it tells me that the parameters are wrong and 
refuses to take my input.
 	The hardware manual states that the drive parameters for fdisk 
should be what is reported in the BIOS (which they are, in this case).

 	Ideas?

 	Thanks,

John H. Nyhuis
Sr. Computer Specialist
Dept. of Pediatrics
HS RR349B, Box 356320
University of Washington
Desk: (206)-685-3884
cabal@u.washington.edu