Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:04:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Nyhuis" <cabal@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA HDD installer issue Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.61b.0507081100530.302508@aagaard01.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <000801c583e6$6a1ab8a0$c701a8c0@venus> References: <Pine.A41.4.61b.0507081027050.302508@aagaard01.u.washington.edu> <000801c583e6$6a1ab8a0$c701a8c0@venus>
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Well, the FreeBSD default partition setting fails to complete a format. It won't accept the 'real settings', and I can't seem to figure out a way to force them. I'll have to poke about under advanced install to see if it will let me force FDISK paremeters. 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 On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Pascal Groenen wrote: > I noticed a similar thing with a similar HD. I went with the FreeBSD > suggestion and it resulted in a corrupted HD. I would just go with the > Disk/BIOS settings. I did that before for other disks and never had issues > then. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Nyhuis" <cabal@u.washington.edu> > To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:38 PM > Subject: Q: ATA HDD installer issue > > >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.11/44 - Release Date: 8-7-2005 > >
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