From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 23 07:39:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA21039 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 07:39:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA21017 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 07:39:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chrisc@vmunix.com) Received: from localhost (chrisc@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA29793; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:48:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chrisc@vmunix.com) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:48:07 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Coleman X-Sender: chrisc@vnode To: x cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, fbsd-book@vmunix.com Subject: Re: freebsd book In-Reply-To: <34F15841.131B@tiac.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, x wrote: > I can't find anything anywhere that addresses the clynder/head/sector > question that the installer is asking me. > > The first time I install freebsd it didn't ask. I low-level formatted the disk > and now it asks me about "drive geometry." > > I have a 4 gig seagate cheetah. What do I tell it? > I don't know very much about disk geometry, so I am cc'ing -questions on this one. But I assume its a newer drive and that the geometry doesn't really matter. (I installed a scsi seagate barracuda drive and used a geometry of 1/1/1 and it is still running after 3 years) -Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message