Re: hidden disk geometry on Compaq Presario V2000
Lorin Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Compaq Presario Notebook in the V2000 series. I just replaced the hard drive because the original was getting disk errors. I have a WD Scorpio 120 GB. When I try to load FreeBSD I get an error message when I get to the partition the disk stage. It says my disk geometry is wrong. It says I need to use whatever numbers my BIOS uses. But my BIOS doesn't show the disk geometry numbers anywhere I can see. How can I proceed? How can I find out what disk geometry to use? One method, which I think may be mentioned in the Handbook, is to boot the Windows install CD (that presumably came with the Presario) and use its fdisk to create a small partition. You don't need to actually install Windows, just create a partition as if you were going to install it. Then boot the FreeBSD CD and sysinstall will figure out the geometry from the Windows master boot record. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hidden disk geometry on Compaq Presario V2000
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 12:19:27AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lorin Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Compaq Presario Notebook in the V2000 series. I just replaced the hard drive because the original was getting disk errors. I have a WD Scorpio 120 GB. When I try to load FreeBSD I get an error message when I get to the partition the disk stage. It says my disk geometry is wrong. It says I need to use whatever numbers my BIOS uses. But my BIOS doesn't show the disk geometry numbers anywhere I can see. How can I proceed? How can I find out what disk geometry to use? Is this just the usual whining it almost always does in fdisk? If so, try just ignoring it. I always get it putting out an error message that the settings will not work with the geometry but it always does. If it is something else, then this comment doesn't apply - but try just going ahead. jerry One method, which I think may be mentioned in the Handbook, is to boot the Windows install CD (that presumably came with the Presario) and use its fdisk to create a small partition. You don't need to actually install Windows, just create a partition as if you were going to install it. Then boot the FreeBSD CD and sysinstall will figure out the geometry from the Windows master boot record. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hidden disk geometry on Compaq Presario V2000
I have a Compaq Presario Notebook in the V2000 series. I just replaced the hard drive because the original was getting disk errors. I have a WD Scorpio 120 GB. When I try to load FreeBSD I get an error message when I get to the partition the disk stage. It says my disk geometry is wrong. It says I need to use whatever numbers my BIOS uses. But my BIOS doesn't show the disk geometry numbers anywhere I can see. How can I proceed? How can I find out what disk geometry to use? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
