Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:50:03 -0600 From: freebsd@dreamchaser.org To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disk geometry, 5.3b7 install Message-ID: <416E3DBB.7020507@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <b2807d040410140136d6029d8@mail.gmail.com> References: <416E2142.8090909@dreamchaser.org> <b2807d0404101400155a1d91dc@mail.gmail.com> <416E32C9.2030905@dreamchaser.org> <b2807d040410140136d6029d8@mail.gmail.com>
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Subhro wrote: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:03:21 -0600, freebsd@dreamchaser.org > > >>The only problem is that the geometry was reported as bad by >>sysinstall, and implied I needed to change it. >>Yet the partition step appears to have changed it already, or is >>assuming it will be changed. >>I don't understand what the situation is: >> sysinstall reported geometry as 155061/16/63 and said it was bad >> then partitioning assumes it will be 9729/255/63 > > > Ignore the warning and proceed with the install. The partitioning > utility had already guessed the correct values and will proceed it. > BTW may I have the part number of the drive? I would like to check the > hardware literature. Seagate ST380013AS http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/sata/cuda7200_sata_pm.pdf Thanks again. Gary
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