Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:27:10 +0200 From: Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD install doesn't see the whole disk Message-ID: <20020128082710.GD41742@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <3C533643.E161CC67@attbi.com> References: <3C533643.E161CC67@attbi.com>
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Hello, Joe Halpin! On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 05:05:39PM -0600, you wrote: > I just put a new 30GB drive in my test machine (Maxtor IDE). When I > tried to install, fdisk didn't get the drive size right. So I used the > 'G' option and set the drive geometry manually. The summary at the top > of the screen looked correct after that, but the 'C' create option > apparently didn't get updated, and wouldn't let me create more than a > 2GB partition. > > Anyone have ideas? Try to set exact geometry for this drive manually, not autodetect in bios. Do you have 53073H4 model? If so, then set in your BIOS settings manually: 59554 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors. For reference see: http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/DiamondMaxPlus/QuickSpecs/42077.pdf I had the same problems with my ad0: 14655MB <Maxtor 51536H2> [29777/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 -- NEVE-RIPE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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