Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:50:37 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: need help adding 1024 bytes/sector SCSI drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0208301735120.54144-100000@nollie.summersault.com>
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Hello, I recently acquired a Seagate Cheetah 9.1 Gig SCSI drive. I'd like to use this to replace my straining 3 Gig drive I'm currently using with FreeBSD 4.6.2. Here's where I'm at so far: WHAT WORKS - During boot, the disk is correctly recognized as a 9.1 Gig drive located at da0. FROM THE try-to-slice-partition-and-label-it DEPT - Using /stand/sysinstall, the disk is identified as being half it's actual size, and when I try commit fdisk options with it, a segmentation fault occurs. - Using command line tools fails as well # disklabel -Brw da2 auto disklabel: /boot/boot2 too large (details for both these points are documented in a related PR): http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42217 FROM THE try-to-low-level-format-it DEPT Since I have no attachment to the current 1024 bytes/sector arrangement, I tried to low level format it to something that could cooperate better with FreeBSD. Neither of these commands appeared to change anything. "dmesg" still identifies the disk as 1024 bytes/sector: # camcontrol reformat da1 # camcontrol cmd -v -t 10800 -n da -u 1 -c "4 0 0 0 0 0" Any tips on how I can get over these humps and get this disk working? Thanks much, -mark http://mark.stosberg.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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