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

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