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Date:      Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:37:36 +0400
From:      Alexander Isaev <A.Isaev@astelit.ru>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Big HDD (80 Gb) under FreeBSD 4.5
Message-ID:  <17127155838.20020606163736@astelit.ru>

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Hello FreeBSD-Questions,

  I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.5 on 80 GB HDD (on ASUS TUSI-M
  mother board). FDisk in sysinstall tells me that the disk geometry
  for my HDD is incorrect and I should enter it manually. Fdisk
  advises to use CHS (Cylinder/Heads/Sectors) settings from BIOS
  Setup. BIOS Setup gives me the following numbers:

  Cyl - 1204
  Heads - 255
  Sectors - 63
  CHS capacity - 8422 MB
  Maximum LBA capacity - 82348 MB

  Numbers on the top of HDD disk itself give the following:
  Cyl - 16383
  Heads - 16
  Sectors - 63

  So, what "magic" numbers should I enter into Sysinstall's Fdisk?


Best regards,
 Alexander Isaev                          mailto:A.Isaev@astelit.ru


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