I finally resolved this issue only today! In bios I set my disc to LBA, and in fdisk I specified the following geometry: 16383/16/63 I got this from the WesternDigital website (Answer ID 708): http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=zG84rd4h&p_lva=&p_faqid=708&p_created=1037284151&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1XRDgwMEJCJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9NCZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT05MSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li= Fdsik reports this on the top line as follows: 16383/16/63 = 16514064 (sectors) (8063MB) and when I create a slice using A for all I get a slice this size: Size(ST) 156301425 or Size(MB) 76391 After this FreeBSD installs fine, and boots fine. Things to note, the above CHS values that I got from the WD website don't show up in BIOS or anywhere else. The CHS value that FreeBSD _wanted_ to use (but didn't work) was 9729/255/63 Interestingly this was the same value as my bios reports when I auto detect the disk with LBA on, but it doesn't work. This type of issue has been discussed on questions and bugs aswell I think, perhaps FDISK could use a little TLC? Regards, -Jev Jev wrote: > > > akruijff_at_dds.nl wrote: > >> Citeren ian j hart <ianjhart_at_ntlworld.com>: >> > [snip] > >> >> I have had the same with my 250 GB WD. What happens is that sysinstall >> thinks the value it gets for the boot process is wrong. This isn't >> true! You need to change it back to its orginal function. You can use >> the scoll-lock key to get the value from the screen if you need. >> > > > Do you mean by pressing the 'G' key and specifying my own value? When I > do this I get the "Message" > > WARNING: A geometry of 155061/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more > likely geometry. .....etc..... > > So it dosn't allow me to set my own Geometry. I also tried setting the > disk to LBA mode in bios as Ian suggested, but I had no success. > > Thanks for your help > -Jev > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 23:27:09 UTC
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