Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:01:08 -0600 From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> To: <kstewart@urx.com> Cc: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly Message-ID: <000901c0ab7a$9f1e5960$0204a8c0@blah1> References: <004e01c0ab4f$177b5a60$0204a8c0@blah1> <015c01c0ab62$3bd91100$0d01a8c0@casystems.net> <010801c0ab66$2ffd09a0$0204a8c0@blah1> <00a001c0ab74$59632640$0216a8c0@eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au> <014501c0ab75$1204c640$0204a8c0@blah1> <3AADA234.AEEA2B7F@urx.com> <015301c0ab76$853c8340$0204a8c0@blah1> <015d01c0ab76$d3ae9ae0$0204a8c0@blah1> <3AADA638.844C7C6C@urx.com>
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Yeah I just tried that no go. It must be a freebsd prob i dunno. i don't think it's my BIOS being that windows picks everything up just fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> To: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> Cc: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > > > "Michael J. Turner" wrote: > > > > i mean untill it sees it correctly i cant go much further... sorry > > What settings do you have in your bios? I'm assuming you have LBA > turned on, which would make a difference. Large would limit you to 2GB > unless the system ignores it. > > Is there a bios upgrade that you are missing that affects large drives > on you system? > > Kent > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> > > To: <kstewart@urx.com> > > Cc: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:31 PM > > Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > > > > > I have done it with out windows on it, and it still reads it incorrectly, > > i > > > tried it with > > > 4.1 and 4.2 but untill it reads it incorrectly i cant go much further in > > > installing. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> > > > To: "Michael J. Turner" <mike@inethouston.net> > > > Cc: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:29 PM > > > Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Michael J. Turner" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > hmm.. well i just wish i could really find a conclusion to this prob > > > > > with fdisk not reading correctly. > > > > > > > > What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install. I have installed > > > > 4.2-release on a number of systems where the main HD is 20-30GB. I > > > > never let windows have my "c" drive for it's install and that probably > > > > changes things a bunch. > > > > > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Tarragon Allen" <melange@n12turbo.com> > > > > > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:16 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: Freebsd not seeing partitions correctly > > > > > > > > > > > >I have a 15gig drive with two partitions. one is 10GB the other is > > > 5GB. > > > > > On > > > > > > the 10GB > > > > > > >I have winME, I want to install freebsd on the 5GB. Well the > > problem > > > is > > > > > > that when I > > > > > > >try to install FreeBSD and I am in Fdisk it only see's 2GB. > > > > > > > > > > > > >This is what is showing up: > > > > > > >Disk Geometry: 256cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 4112640 sectors > > > (2008MB) > > > > > > > > > > > > FreeBSD isn't detecting your disk geometry correctly, or is getting > > > > > confused > > > > > > by the BIOS settings. I saw a fix for this recently on the OpenBSD > > > list > > > > > > which involved calculating an alternate geometry and entering these > > > values > > > > > > in manually, but I'm not sure on the details, sorry. The thing that > > > gives > > > > > > it away is the maxed out value for "heads" (255 is the max value). > > > > > > > > > > > > t > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Kent Stewart > > > > Richland, WA > > > > > > > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > > > > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > > > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Kent Stewart > Richland, WA > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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