On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:53:39PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > "Michael W. Lucas" wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Every key press in the FDISK menu displays the incorrect geometry > > message. For example: > > > > Downloaded 7.0-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso from ftp.freebsd.org a couple days ago. > > > > Select country -> USA > > > > Select either Express or Custom install. In this example, I chose > > Express. > > > > Select Partition. > > > > Get incorrect geometry message, hit ENTER. > > > > See FDISK menu. > > > > Hit up arrow. > > > > See incorrect geometry message again, hit ENTER. > > > > See FDISK again, with selection moved up 1. Hit up arrow again. > > > > See incorrect geometry message again, hit ENTER. > > > > Should I open a PR, or is this known? > > > > Thanks, > > Did you try key 3 = Safe Boot ? (in 10 second timeout before selecting > USA etc). Some old laptops fail to read fdisk properly without it, > eg my Digital with 7.0-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso, > http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/digital/ > http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/#loader.conf > Though as I see you are using amd*iso I guess you should have a Lot newer > ATA interafce than my old 586. This is a SAS system, not SCSI. I can get a dmesg tomorrow if that's helpful. The problem is not in the geometry detection, but rather than sysinstall tells me about the geometry every single time I hit a key in fdisk. ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas_at_BlackHelicopters.org, mwlucas_at_FreeBSD.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Now Shipping: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- http://www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 pairs of my soiled undies "for security reasons."Received on Wed Dec 05 2007 - 21:04:56 UTC
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