Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:28:30 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA problems (Abit IP35-Pro) Message-ID: <20080314192711.T25768@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <bbe9e35d0803141057g7cae815bl8d80b0429280627b@mail.gmail.com> References: <bbe9e35d0803141057g7cae815bl8d80b0429280627b@mail.gmail.com>
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> errors), and I was able to install. However, fdisk thinks that the geometry > is "incorrect", and insists on a different one (it says the drives have > 476gb rather than 500gb). it says true. 500 billion bytes which is about 465GB - standard marketing trick today. it's all right > > I can install with this AHCI setup, but have no idea what the implications > are. Is there a known fix for SATA/IDE? Or is AHCI better? use AHCI if you can.
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