Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:27:19 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'Kamal R. Prasad'" <kamalp@acm.org>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: problems with disk geometry Message-ID: <059401c5ca92$e1a2dc70$c901a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <0875205C-1D71-4C83-8A60-1E035D3C90AB@acm.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kamal > R. Prasad > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:56 AM > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: problems with disk geometry > > > hello, > > Im trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 beta5 on a samsung SP1604N hard > disk of about 160 GB. > The installer complains that it has a problem with the disk > geometry. > The exact message is given below:- > ------------------------------------------ > A geometry of 310101/16/63 is incorrect for ad1. Using a more likely > geometry. If this geometry is incorrect.. pl. consult the > hardware guide > ------------------------------------------- > fdisk goes through the process of creating the reqd slices > and when I > try to commit the new partition table -it says it cannot write to / > dev/ad1. > > Can someone tell me how to get past this problem? > > thanks > -kamal I doubt it is your disk geometry. You will probably need to provide a little more information. I assume you've got another OS on /dev/ad0 and that you are letting sysinstall put 6.0 onto /dev/ad1 as a (dangerously) dedicated drive? What does the BIOS report? How old are the machine and its BIOS? What does fdisk say when run either standalone or from the first OS? -gayn
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