From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 13:29:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE05916A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:29:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9FD43F75 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:29:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdarnold@buddydog.org) Received: (qmail 4630 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2003 20:29:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buddydog.org) ([66.92.76.225]) (envelope-sender ) by mail13.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Aug 2003 20:29:13 -0000 Message-ID: <3F428898.1070806@buddydog.org> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:29:12 -0400 From: Jonathan Arnold User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4; MultiZilla v1.4.0.4A) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: stickney@ece.arizona.edu References: <20030819080001.M89006@ece.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030819080001.M89006@ece.arizona.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fdisk disagreas with BIOS over 120GB drive. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:29:15 -0000 Robert Stickney wrote: > Fdisk (using /stand/sysinstall) disagrees with the values my bios is > reporting. My BIOS reports that my 120GB drive has this geometry: 59131 > Cylendars, 16 Heads, and 255 sectors. The drive is an IBM deskstar. When i > try to enter the correct geometry, Fdisk gives me the message below. > > ---------start message--------- > Message > WARNING: A geometry of 59131/16/255 for ad2 is incorrect. Using > a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you > are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult > the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the > (G)eometry command to change it now. > > Remember: you need to enter whatever your BIOS thinks the > geometry is! For IDE, it's what you were told in the BIOS > setup. For SCSI, it's the translation mode your controller is > using. Do NOT use a ``physical geometry''. > (100%) > [ OK ] > Press enter or space > ----------end message---------- In May, I installed a new, additional hard drive and documented it in my FreeBSD blog. I too got the same "error", with my new 40gb hard drive (US$29 after rebate at OfficeMax - I couldn't resist!). As I explain in it, I just let it go with its numbers and things seem to be working fine. Shrug..... -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD blog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog