On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 06:05:16PM +0100, Aitor San Juan wrote: > Hi List, > > I am trying to install a secondary hard disk in a Intel-based PC > with FreeBSD 5.4 > > This secondary disk's capacity is 250 Gb. When I enter sysintall > to try to format it and create a slice, FreeBSD says that the > geometry of disk is not correct. I, then, type in the values detected > by the BIOS as suggested, but FreeBSD still complains that those > are not valid. FreeBSD sees the new disk as a disk of approx. 131 GB. > > So my question is: where is the problem? Is it that FreeBSD is not > able to recognise such a big disk capacity? > > Any hint, suggestion, or web link would be highly appreciated.
So far, I have been successful in ignoring those warnings and just going ahead and doing the fdisk / bsdlabel / newfs. After that the warnings seem to stop and everything works OK. It makes me wonder why those messages still come out on new disks, if they aren't meaningful, bit I don't know the whole deal about it. Geometry seems to be virtual and the OS does its own thing once it gets out from under BIOS processing. /////jerry > > Thanks in advance > Aitor. > > > ************ LEGEZKO OHARRA / AVISO LEGAL / LEGAL ADVICE ************* > Mezu honek isilpeko informazioa gorde dezake, edo jabea duena, edota legez > babestuta dagoena. Zuri zuzendua ez bada, bidali duenari esan eta ezabatu, > inori berbidali edo gorde gabe, legeak debekatzen duelako mezuak erabiltzea > baimenik gabe. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Este mensaje puede contener informaci?n confidencial, en propiedad o > legalmente protegida. Si usted no es el destinatario, le rogamos lo comunique > al remitente y proceda a borrarlo, sin reenviarlo ni conservarlo, ya que su > uso no autorizado est? prohibido legalmente. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please > notify it to the sender and delete without resending or backing it, as it is > legally prohibited. > ************************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
