Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:33:12 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Viacheslav Chumushuk <viacheslav88@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Installation error. Command returned status 36 Message-ID: <20080624143312.GA93046@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4860417B.6050001@ibctech.ca> References: <200806240155.51232.viacheslav88@gmail.com> <20080623235213.GA90131@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4860417B.6050001@ibctech.ca>
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 08:36:11PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 01:55:51AM +0300, Viacheslav Chumushuk wrote: > > >>And at the start of installation process I have warning about wrong disk > >>geometry. > > >Probably your best bet is to ignore the geometry stuff and > >just let it do its own thing. Do not try to set the geometry. > >In reality, geometry is generally 'virtual' nowdays. > > I concur with Roland and Jerry about ignoring the geometry warning. > > I've been doing so for as long as I can remember and I've never had an > issue. In fact, trying to set the geometry can mung up the installation. Someone should make some explicit changes - at least in messages and documentation in this regard. It has been a decade since this geometry thing has been obsolete. I don't know enough to make a completely accurate statement or I would submit something. ////jerry > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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