From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 23 15:59:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20494 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20431 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:59:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA24982; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:58:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:58:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Chris Coleman cc: x , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, fbsd-book@vmunix.com Subject: Re: freebsd book In-Reply-To: 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, Chris Coleman wrote: > 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? Nothing; it should probe up OK. If not, put a small DOS partition on it, then delete it when you go to install the system. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message