Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:32:23 +0200 From: Martin <nakal@web.de> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fdisk disagreas with BIOS over 120GB drive. Message-ID: <1061310742.565.18.camel@klotz.local> In-Reply-To: <3F424CC1.6010000@gmx.de> References: <200308191308.h7JD80P9019500@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <3F424CC1.6010000@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 18:13, Siegbert Baude wrote: > I remember, that I had > the same problem with an Samsung SV1204H (also 120GB) and an Abit-BX133. > I had to manually insert the correct numbers there. The disk reports > 232632/16/63, but due to a small bug in the BIOS, I couldn't choose a > cylinder value of 232632. So I used the 14596/255/63 mode. Note, that > the sector number in both cases is <=63. The number of cylinders can > slightly vary for your IBM disk. Yes. I have got a Abit mainboard with BX chipset, too. There is a strange onboard HPT366 controller which makes my HDD appear as ad4. It also reports 56GB instead of 120GB, so it was not difficult to trust FreeBSD about the HDD-setting. I have no problems here so far. I have seen this message from your description while installing FreeBSD here, but I ignore it now. Martin
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