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Date:      Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:44:12 -0600
From:      Stan Rock <srock@lcpid.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Geometry
Message-ID:  <3626427C.C7A5125C@lcpid.com>

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I have fought this problem for quite a while.

When FreeBSD boots to install (disk, or cd) it finds most large hard
drives with a really high number of cylinders, 15 or 16 heads, 63
sectors. Most hard drives don't use this anymore.  If they are
autodetected like the ones I use its something like 1244 cylinders, 255
heads, and 63 sectors.  If one wants to boot Win 98 / Linux / and
FreeBSD this presents a problem.  I realize you can change the geometry
within the installation process and the installation will go smoothly
BUT the problem is that is still won't boot unless you change your
geometry.

With the 1024 cylinder boundry this also creates a huge problem.

I would suggest a better work around for this problem.  I think that no
matter how the hard drive is found at first it should result back to the
changed geometry as default.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Stan Rock
stanrock@if.rmci.net
Lucero Computer Services



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