On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
Here are the recommended settings from the western digital website for this drive model: 16383 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads
Hmm... That's odd. Only the cylinders are different from what I've got.
If only the cylinders differ, then its most likely an lba32 scheme of some sort. If i were a betting man, i'd say that you're safe to let freebsd muck around.
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