Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:51:11 -0600 (CST) From: FreeBSD Stable <fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Setting drive geometry, big drives? Message-ID: <20020131163919.A96561-100000@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us>
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[I sent a similar message a few days ago, but that message apparently got drowned in a flood of messages on another topic.] I have an IBM Deskstar 60GB that the BIOS reports as 29437/16/255. The startup probe reports 119150/16/63. When I try to configure the drive, I get a message saying 119150/16/63 is incorrect, and that I need to set it to the BIOS numbers. If I set it to the BIOS numbers, it still complains that it is incorrect. There is a message in there warning me not to set the drive to its physical geometry, though the BIOS 29437/16/255 seems a likely physical geometry. So the partition editor picks another default, which is 7476/255/63. Which seems to work fine, but now I have three different numbers. The boot still shows 119150/16/63, the BIOS still shows 29437/16/255, and the disklabel shows 7476/255/63. Questions: Why the warning about not using the PHYSICAL GEOMETRY, especially since the BIOS reports an apparently-proper physical geometry, and I'm told I must use the BIOS settings for the drive's geometry? And why is the boot message still reporting 119150/16/63, when that isn't set anywhere??? This is on 4.5-R, tho this was also happening on 4.4-R, I think. stu fbsdstable@cobble.capnet.state.tx.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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