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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
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