From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 17: 9:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3C037B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF7743E42 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:09:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea [192.168.0.3]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9N097C80926; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:09:07 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20021022190907.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:09:07 -0500 To: Chip Wiegand , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry In-Reply-To: <20021022163454.6c0522bf.chip@wiegand.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 04:34 PM 10.22.2002 -0700, Chip Wiegand wrote: >I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 >complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command >to change it. I did that, set it to exactly what the BIOS shows for >the drive, and it still claims the numbers are incorrect. What do I >do now? > >-- >Chip > Have you tried ignoring the complaint and finishing the FDISKing and Labeling....? That will probably work okay. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message