From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 17 0:14:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monkeys.com (i180.value.net [206.14.136.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7A614CE9 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:14:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost.value.net [127.0.0.1]) by monkeys.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA06401; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:14:32 -0700 To: Annelise Anderson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some serious gripes about `fdisk' and also `booteasy'. In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:59:44 -0700. From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:14:32 -0700 Message-ID: <6399.940144472@monkeys.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , you w rote: >But here's also a piece from the faq: Yes. I saw this _after_ the problem arose and this is what set me on the Right Path. > Q: Which geometry should I use for a disk drive? >... > All that matters is the logical geometry - the answer that the BIOS > gets when it asks "what is your geometry?" and then uses to access the > disk. As FreeBSD uses the BIOS when booting, it's very important to > get this right. In particular, if you have more than one operating > system on a disk, they must all agree on the geometry, otherwise you ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > will have serious problems booting! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >While I have some sympathy with your desire to be warned, >modern computer operating systems are complex and it is >difficult to anticipate everything a user might run into in >the process of installation. Oh I do agree, but in this case, the problem _was_ obviously anticipated... at least to the extent that it made it into the FAQ (as noted above). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message