Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:40:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Richard Arends <richard@unixguru.nl> To: Systems Engineering <eng@donut.ugcs.caltech.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometry Error Message-ID: <20030630213920.X41563@mail.unixguru.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030630063511.GB13663@sue.caltech.edu> References: <20030630063511.GB13663@sue.caltech.edu>
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Systems Engineering wrote: > I am attempting an installation via the 5.1-R iso. During the > partitioning process, fdisk reports that the detected disk geometry is > probably incorrect. Subsequently, I attempt to specify the geometry > reported by bios (CSH:19158,255,16). This geometry is, however, > rejected. I have tried some variations, including the "sane" proposal > that fdisk makes after it reports that the detected disk geometry is > invalid. fdisk accepts them but this does not produce a bootable system > (not surprising). Let me guess. Is it limited to 2 GB? Youre disk probably has a jumper on it with enables it above 2GB. Regards, Richard. ---- Paul Vixie in an interview with Sendmail.net: Now that the Internet has the full spectrum of humanity as users, the technology is showing its weakness: it was designed to be used by friendly, smart people. Spammers, as an example of a class, are neither friendly nor smart.
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