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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.wildstar.net!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Help formatting a SCSI disk with variable sec/track Date: 25 Oct 1996 14:53:21 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 26 Distribution: na Message-ID: <54r2b1$j0e@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com I've got a 700 MB SCSI disk with a variable # of sectors/track (42 - 92 spt.) When I try to install Freebsd on it The freebsd installation menu complains that the disk grometry is wrong. I've tried to enter the smaller # (42) and it still complains. I also tried the "small FAT" partition trick mentioned in the manual with no success. I'm using an Adaptec 1540. The disk formats to full capacity on Windows/NT, which either doesn't care about geometry or discovers it on the fly. I've used other variable geometry disks on Sun 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.5. I'm stuck trying to set up Freebsd for the first time. Thanks. -- Al Dykes ----------- adykes@panix.com