Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:19:25 -0700 (PDT) From: <kip@lyris.com> To: "Brandon Hicks-www.gatekeep.net" <freebsd@unreal.gatekeep.net> Cc: Matt White <mwhite@donet.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 install and large IDE drives Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9906201717370.14514-100000@luna> In-Reply-To: <008201bebb7a$31de2980$6fc9a1d0@mail.gatekeep.net>
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Check the number of cylinders you have, if it is less than 32,767 then there is a good chance that the program is representing #cylinders as a short. Somebody who has the source handy should check. -Kip On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Brandon Hicks-www.gatekeep.net wrote: > We just install'd a large IDE drive in our machine, and 3.2 install went > fine... What type of Hard Drive is it? > Mine was a Western Digital, and took the install just fine. (It was also a > 17.2 gig) > > > > ******************************************************************* > Gate Keeper Technologies > Brandon Hicks System Administrator > bhicks@gatekeep.net - Personal > freebsd@gatekeep.net - FreeBSD Lists/Help > (903)882-9559 > www.gatekeep.net > ******************************************************************* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt White <mwhite@donet.com> > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Sunday, June 20, 1999 6:56 PM > Subject: FreeBSD 3.2 install and large IDE drives > > > >Hello... > > > >I may have uncovered a problem in the FreeBSD 3.2 install. > > > >I recently bought a new 18GB IDE drive, and I'm trying to install FreeBSD > >3.2 into one of the partitions. When I run the FreeBSD "fdisk" (not sure > >what's it actually called) during part of the install, it doesn't detect my > >drive settings correctly, and thus thinks I'm okay of disk space. > > > >It's detecting it like this: > > > > - 255 Heads > > - 2193 Cyls > > - 63 Sectors > > > >And in reality is has: > > > > - 16 Heads > > - 34960 Cyls > > - 63 Sectors > > > > > >I can't help but notice that 34960 - 2193 is the "magical" number 32767. > > > >The drive is detected correctly at boot time, which leads me to believe the > >OS itself is fine, but it's the "fdisk" program that has the problem. When > >I set the drive geometry manually it takes it, but it still doesn't see > that > >I have 7GB of unpartitioned space. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >Matt > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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