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From: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install -- SCSI geometry incorrect (was OK before!)
Date: 03 Oct 1995 08:09:19 GMT
Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany
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Message-ID: <Y0001415.95Oct3090919@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de>
References: <CSHENTON.95Sep29153215@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov>
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In-reply-to: cshenton@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov's message of 29 Sep 1995 19:32:15 GMT
The default values during installation are bogus and it's not the REAL
geomety data that's wanted.
Quote from /usr/share/FAQ/Text/TROUBLESHOOTING
--- begin quote
ummary: Nope, FreeBSD's still not booting from the hard disk.
Cause: BIOS disk geometry different from that used when
installing FreeBSD.
Solution: With IDE drives, pay careful attention to the geometry
information that FreeBSD prints out when it's first
booting off the floppy. Use this geometry in your BIOS
setup or use the BIOS geometry when you install FreeBSD.
Either way, they have to match.
With SCSI drives, the values they report is most often
bogus and cannot be used. In this situation, the SCSI
controller is performing geometry translation and
it's probably wise to assume a default of 64 heads,
32 sectors and 1MB/cylinder. Use these values when
you install FreeBSD. See above comments concerning
newfs failures for more info.
--- end quote
So, use 64 Heads, 32 Sectors, and 1MB/cylinder.
Hope this helps. It helped me.
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