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From: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.5 install question - bogus disk geometry?
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> > However, when I go to partition the disk and select "use all" 
> > with "dangerously dedicated" mode, it produces a completely bogus
> > geometry: 1028/255/63.
> 
> Try putting a small DOS partition on the disk, then start the installer,
> wipe out the DOS partition, and slice as you prefer.  

Thanks, that was the solution. I'm now running FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE.