From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 8 15:32:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0C716A41F for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:32:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kamalpr@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C1743D45 for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:32:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kamalpr@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i5so408818wra for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:32:40 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-priority:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer:sender; b=ILyWMHv5V94ul6GvDaUeTY+UeGaguaJPldjngytLwsHBc88mKPw5/Dp/UUrpQ8FiDJUCtNy2kOix3KSUPaAq54pdtq8c51abPT+RnZkUyvxL83n0NgOkJX97K2hqMvcdlDbaIM096FY34Zp4qwiJjbJ6Kc1EIx7G9WeHWRdrJn4= Received: by 10.54.86.1 with SMTP id j1mr2800048wrb; Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:32:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.20? ( [59.92.144.213]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id g2sm2244614wra.2005.10.08.08.32.37; Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:32:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <059401c5ca92$e1a2dc70$c901a8c0@workdog> References: <059401c5ca92$e1a2dc70$c901a8c0@workdog> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <76023142-F5D4-4387-88D5-013DC7A51EF2@acm.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Kamal R. Prasad" Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 21:05:49 +0530 To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Sender: "Kamal R. Prasad" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with disk geometry X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:32:41 -0000 I found out that my samsung 1604N hard disk can be partitioned without any problem (it is now the primary master with a dvd drive as slave). . The problem lies with disklabel. If I use 'A' option in the sysinstall program's label section,. it expects to find in /dev ad0s1a, ad0s2a etc.. but these don't show up in /dev and the labelling procedure fails. Can someone tell me how to fix this or if this is a bug in this release of freebsd? thanks -kamal On 06-Oct-05, at 9:57 PM, Gayn Winters wrote: >> -----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 > > > Kamal R. Prasad UNIX systems consultant http://www.kamalprasad.com/ kamalp@acm.org