Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Dima wrote: Well, this is something I have not seen, so I hope someone else can weigh in on it. jerry > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote: > > > Hmmm. I am presuming you are booted from an install CD. > Yes, I'm booting from

Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Amit Joshi
On Monday 27 November 2006 23:18, Dima wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote: > > > > >> By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2 > >> (during install), but they say nothing to me: > >> ad0: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying reques

Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote: > Hmmm. I am presuming you are booted from an install CD. Yes, I'm booting from install CD. >> By the way there are some error messages regarding this on Ctrl+Alt+F2 >> (during install), but they say nothing to me: >> ad0: WARNING - READ_D

Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:58:32PM +0200, Dima wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote: > > Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages. > > This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk > > for FreeBSD.The geometry that is reported

Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote: > Usually, with FreeBSD, you just ignore those geometry messages. > This should be especially true if you plan to use the whole disk > for FreeBSD.The geometry that is reported is "virtual" and does > not really mean anything for you.D

Re: FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Dima wrote: > Hi all. > I have Red Hat Linux 9 running on my server with HDD Western Digital > WD2500JB (250 GB IDE). I'd like to move to FreeBSD 6.1. > During install from CD setup doesn't recognize geometry of my HDD (it > says 484521/16/63 is wrong ge

FreeBSD 6.1 setup doesn't see my HDD

2006-11-27 Thread Dima
Hi all. I have Red Hat Linux 9 running on my server with HDD Western Digital WD2500JB (250 GB IDE). I'd like to move to FreeBSD 6.1. During install from CD setup doesn't recognize geometry of my HDD (it says 484521/16/63 is wrong geometry and switches it to 30401/255/63, but after that still can'