Problem with system install with Toshiba MK2565GSX SATA disk

2010-06-24 Thread bsd
Hello, I am trying to install a toshiba HD on an appliance, the Toshiba is a MK2565GSX of 250GB described here:http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/storage/english/spec/hdd25/65.htm#spec02 The system I am trying to install is pfSense (FBSD 7.2). I am not a 100% sure about the disk geometry… as It is

Re: Problem with system install with Toshiba MK2565GSX SATA disk

2010-06-24 Thread bsd
Looks like the problem was related to BIOS setting. I have changed the setting of disk detection from AUTO to LBA and this has allowed me to boot on the disk. One more question: With the disk I am using FBSD seems to have two possibility for the partition table size (or at least depending