From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 25 01:57:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29257 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 01:57:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles360.castles.com [208.214.167.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA29242 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 01:57:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA01728; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:03:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809250903.CAA01728@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 and large drives In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:58:53 +0930." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 02:03:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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