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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: misc/1738: Install floppy returns random geometry with 2GB IDE drive
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>Number:         1738
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Install floppy returns random geometry with 2GB IDE drive
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct  8 09:30:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Luigi Rizzo
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-961006-SNAP i386
>Environment:

	2GB IDE Drive. Probably uninitialized.

>Description:

	When using the Partition option, the system reports random
	geometries (different each time). The total number of sectors
	is close to the real one.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Run "Partition" from the boot floppy.

>Fix:
	
	I think this has to do with the absence/lack of documentation
	on a standard way to get geometry info from the disk drive.
	For what I know some of the related ioctl try to read geomery
	info from the disk instead of going straight to the IDE
	device.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: