On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:59:37AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed > > FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk > > geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. > > It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. > > Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has > > happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it > > is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. > > It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. > > There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. > > Diagnostics show no problems. > > One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. > This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for > freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can > fill in more. > Yes, that is going to be a lot of work :( What is strange is that it is only the SCSI BIOS on the Tekram board that is complaining. Everything seems to be working fine. And I have never had complaints about the first SCSI disk, which is my main FreeBSD Stable system in constant use ! Well, I will have to think on how I am going to do this, it will I guess also affect the SCSI BIOS view of the first disk as well.
Mmm. What Sherlock Holmes would call a 2 pipe problem. Thanks for the answer. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message