Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:30:16 -0700 From: Alan <abgrover@cc.usu.edu> To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd fdisk won't recognize my disk geometry Message-ID: <403E1EE0@webster.usu.edu>
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I'm trying out Freebsd for the first time, and have run into an installation snag. The fdisk program doesn't like the drive geometries provided by the bios. The bios reports the following for my two drives: disk1 (ad0): WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 40022 Mb cyl: 19158 head: 16 precomp: 0 landing zone: 19157 sector: 255 disk2 (ad1): Maxtor 6Y080P0 81 Gb cyl: 39236 head: 16 precomp: 0 landing zone: 39235 sector: 255 freebsd fdisk for ad0 gives me a warning: A geometry of 77545/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry, etc. The "more likely" geometry it selects is: 4865/255/63 for ad1: A geometry of 158816/16/63 for ad1 is incorrect. Etc. The more likely geometry is: 9964/255/63 If I use the geometry command to try to change the geometry to what bios reports I get the same error, and it goes back to the more likely geometry. Any idea what's going on here? Alan Grover
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