Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:03:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 and large drives Message-ID: <199809250903.CAA01728@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:58:53 %2B0930." <XFMail.980925175853.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> Hi, > I am installing 2.2.6 on some systems, and they have 12Gb IDE drives > (Maxtor 91360D8), but when they probe in FreeBSD it shows them as 8Gb. > They have 26353 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors (so sayeth the > label anyway) FreeBSD thinks they have 16383 cylinders (so does the BIOS > when I do autodetect). > > What can I do? :) Change the geometry in sysinstall to match the drive. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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