On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:40:21 -0300 Geoffrey Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to tri-boot windows, gentoo and freebsd 4.10 cause I don't > have an extra HD but had an extra slice to install. > the hd is a maxtor 40gb IDE, model# 4d040h2, labeled on it says: cyl > 16383 / head 16 / sectors 63 / LBA 80043264 > when I throw the first install cd in it says the drive geometry is > (4982/16/63 80035830). I booted into gentoo and used > "hdparm -g /dev/hda" which gave me 65535/16/63 = 80043264 > and to be quite honest I've looked but cannot find out where to locate > the BIOSs geometry but partition magic SEEMS > to indicated physcial geometry of 4982/255/63. > I tried to find information in the handbook about it but couldn't and a > google for this is overwelming for a newbie > and nothing specifically I can see about my drive geometry... > > /dev/ad0s1 --> WinXP > /dev/ad0s2 --> Gentoo2004.1 > /dev/ad0s3 --> ** FREEBSD ** > /dev/ad0s4 --> EXTENDED > /dev/ad0s5 --> FAT32 partition for downloading to on all OSs > /dev/ad0s6 --> Linux SWAP > > I'm not sure which drive geometry I should be using, I've heard of > issues installing freebsd causes problems with the geometry > and using other os/utils (ghost/partition magic) afterwards. I do not > want to lose anything on the drive! > If I need the BIOSs geometry, I would appreciate a suggestion of a tool > to find this out or can I trust the hdparm/partitionmagic? i know next to nothing about disk geometries, but i have defintely seen some linux HOWTOs which cover multiple booting (windows, linux, bsd). i would have another google, if i were you. try using keywords like 'freebsd' 'linux' 'windows' 'dual-boot' and 'triple-boot'. also, try visiting tldp.org for that HOWTO. and see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/multi-os/ and maybe http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/ perhaps another reader will have more info or a better link to provide. at any rate, good luck. > I would appreciate the help, > Geoff > _______________________________________________ > [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]"
