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. > > 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? Bill _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
