On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT) > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > > > I decided to install FreeBSD and give it a try. My drive geometry is > > > set to 193821 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads. FreeBSD's fdisk says that's > > > > Where are you reading that geometry? > > That's what FreeBSD reports to find. I also get that from linux fdisk. I > just don't understand what will happen if I partition the drive using a > different geometry, or if it even matters.
No, i meant the geometry that you think it should be compared to the gemoetry that FreeBSD thinks it should be. > > > > incorrect and wants to use 12161 cyls/63 sectors/ 255 heads. Is it > > > safe to go ahead and create a FreeBSD partition with this drive > > > geometry? I would prefer not to hose everything installing this ;) > > > > Could be that FreeBSD is doing some kind of LBA32 equivalent. > > So this is harmless? maybe. i've never used *BSD, so i don't know how it determines the CSH numbers. If no one else pipes up here, you'd be safest to ask on a FreeBSD list. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
