Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 19:48:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Steve Reid <sreid@sea-to-sky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 install question - bogus disk geometry? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105194722.1402T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980104115956.29924A-100000@alpha.sea-to-sky.net>
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On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Steve Reid wrote: > I'm attempting to install 2.2.5-RELEASE onto a Quantum Fireball 1080MB > IDE disk. Geometry is 2112/16/63, BIOS using "normal" mode. > > When booting from the install floppy the kernel correctly identifies > this disk. However, when I go to partition the disk and select "use all" > with "dangerously dedicated" mode, it produces a completely bogus > geometry: 1028/255/63. According to the help in the install program, the > geometry is not relevant for "dangerously dedicated" mode (BIOS > geometry?), but when I go to set up the filesystem it gives me 8 gigs of > space. Is this expected behavior? Try putting a small DOS partition on the disk, then start the installer, wipe out the DOS partition, and slice as you prefer. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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