Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 23:23:38 -0600 From: Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@spider.netmails.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: problems detecting drive dimensions for maxtor 120GB ide/ata Message-ID: <20021118232338.A43068@spider.netmails.net>
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Hi, I have a maxtor 120GB IDE disk on a Supermicro P4SBE mother board. The bios reports the size of the hard disk as (Total size: 122 GB -- close enough!) Cylinder: 58853 Head: 16 Precomp: 0 Landing zone: 58852 Sector: 255 FreeBSD 4.7 install reports the error message. "WARNING: A geometry of 238216/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry." It appears to be correct (although the bios reported different values) when I refer to http://www.maxtor.com/en/documentation/quick_specs/diamondmax_plus_9_quick_specs.pdf So what am I missing? Is the BIOS wrong? I am already at the latest BIOS (1.0c) for P4SBE (ref: http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/BIOS/bios.htm ) Any help is appreciated. Motherboard details are at http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/845/P4SBE.htm -- Hari Bhaskaran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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