Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:22:02 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry Message-ID: <20021023062202.0cc61f73.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20021022190907.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net> References: <20021022163454.6c0522bf.chip@wiegand.org> <3.0.5.32.20021022190907.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net>
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Jack L. Stone wrote this stuff on Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:09:07 -0500: > At 04:34 PM 10.22.2002 -0700, Chip Wiegand wrote: > >I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 > >complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command > >to change it. I did that, set it to exactly what the BIOS shows for > >the drive, and it still claims the numbers are incorrect. What do I > >do now? > > > >-- > >Chip > > > > Have you tried ignoring the complaint and finishing the FDISKing and > Labeling....? That will probably work okay. > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, I got it installed - first I created a 5gig partition and installed win2000 (for games), then installed FreeBSD on the remaining 35gigs and it had no complaint at all. I don't know why it didn't like the full 40gig drive, but it's working now, sure is fast :), I'm gonna have to replace all my old boxes with these. -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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