[RndTbl] FreeBSD 7 install -- help required!
Sean Cody
sean at tinfoilhat.ca
Mon Apr 14 18:18:25 CDT 2008
>>
>> At the beginning of the install, it complained about the drive
>> geometry (how 90s). The FreeBSD installer indicates that the
>> geometry is set to 77545/16/63, that this is wrong, and it's using
>> something better, which turns out to be 4865/255/63. When I go into
>> the BIOS, it reports the geometry to be 19158/16/255. FreeBSD
>> doesn't let me set the geometry to either of the two other ones!
>>
This is the real clue.
How big is the disk?
I've seen this happen before but mostly on VERY large disk arrays (1TB
+).
If sysinstall is complaining about the disk geometry you won't be able
to boot from that drive.
Sysinstall is really old and busted but this is a portent to other
issues.
The other reason for this complaint is if the disk controller on your
motherboard isn't supported all that well.
Is this SATA/PATA?
What is the Motherboard model as well as the drive model numbers?
--
Sean
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