Fdisk (using /stand/sysinstall) disagrees with the values my bios is
reporting. My BIOS reports that my 120GB drive has this geometry: 59131
Cylendars, 16 Heads, and 255 sectors. The drive is an IBM deskstar. When i
try to enter the correct geometry, Fdisk gives me the message below.
Hi,
Fdisk (using /stand/sysinstall) disagrees with the values my bios is
reporting. My BIOS reports that my 120GB drive has this geometry: 59131
Cylendars, 16 Heads, and 255 sectors. The drive is an IBM deskstar. When i
try to enter the correct geometry, Fdisk gives me the message below.
Hi,
Fdisk (using /stand/sysinstall) disagrees with the values my bios is
reporting. My BIOS reports that my 120GB drive has this geometry: 59131
Cylendars, 16 Heads, and 255 sectors. The drive is an IBM deskstar. When i
try to enter the correct geometry, Fdisk gives me the message below.
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 18:13, Siegbert Baude wrote:
I remember, that I had
the same problem with an Samsung SV1204H (also 120GB) and an Abit-BX133.
I had to manually insert the correct numbers there. The disk reports
232632/16/63, but due to a small bug in the BIOS, I couldn't choose a
