Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 07:56:02PM +0600, Maxim M. Kazachek wrote: > Tekram DC 390 works under sym(4)... Except 390T which is powered by AMD... > > Cliff Sarginson: > Perhaps you need try to play with disk geometry in fdisk... Try to see > what geometry is 1st disk and try set something same on 2nd. > Actually, FreeBSD reports the correct geometry in the startup messages, but fdisk gives the insane geometry the SCSI BIOS complains about. So with due precaution I set the geometry in fdisk to what it should be and it is, or appears to all be fine. I think the >1GB option in the controller is not actually relevant, it has to do with the old 1GB-->8GB limitations I think. Mmm. Well it *looks* like it should now. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:59:37AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed > > FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk > > geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. > > It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. > > Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has > > happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it > > is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. > > It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. > > There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. > > Diagnostics show no problems. > > One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. > This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for > freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can > fill in more. > Yes, that is going to be a lot of work :( What is strange is that it is only the SCSI BIOS on the Tekram board that is complaining. Everything seems to be working fine. And I have never had complaints about the first SCSI disk, which is my main FreeBSD Stable system in constant use ! Well, I will have to think on how I am going to do this, it will I guess also affect the SCSI BIOS view of the first disk as well. Mmm. What Sherlock Holmes would call a 2 pipe problem. Thanks for the answer. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices
Tekram DC 390 works under sym(4)... Except 390T which is powered by AMD... Cliff Sarginson: Perhaps you need try to play with disk geometry in fdisk... Try to see what geometry is 1st disk and try set something same on 2nd. Sincerely, Maxim M. Kazachek mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Nate Lawson wrote: >On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: >> Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed >> FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk >> geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. >> It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. >> Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has >> happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it >> is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. >> It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. >> There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. >> Diagnostics show no problems. > >One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. >This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for >freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can >fill in more. > >-Nate > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed > FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk > geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. > It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. > Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has > happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it > is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. > It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. > There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. > Diagnostics show no problems. One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can fill in more. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
SCSI Bios complaints and Disk Slices
Hi, I installed a second SCSI disk on a system. For testing I installed Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. Diagnostics show no problems. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
