Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:34:49 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Sebastien GIORIA <gioria@francenet.fr> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Artecon RAID array Message-ID: <199808190434.EAA00394@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:17:16 %2B0200." <19980818161716.B20866@francenet.fr>
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> I have trouble in installing FreeBSD 2.2.7 on it. I can't > partition my disk. No problem can be found on installing an BSD/OS 3.1 > on it with some parameters that the FreeBSD disk doesnt recognize: > > BSD/OS Params are: 100 cyl/1 Head/2048 sector This would give you a disk with 204800 blocks, or 100kB. > FreeBSD complains about no valid geometry ???? The geometry above is not "valid" in the PC context. Boot with '-v' and see what the BIOS geometry reported for the disk is, and try setting that geometry manually. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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