Re: who's right? sysinstall or the bios

On 17 Aug Björn König wrote: > dick wrote: > > >So here's my dilemma: > > > >fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) > >bios values: 65535/255/16 gives 514072MB (totally wrong) > > > >What to do? > >Can the bios be so wrong? > >What must I do? > >The drive will also hold a copy of Win

Re: who's right? sysinstall or the bios

I wrote: So here's my dilemma: fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) bios values: 65535/255/16 gives 514072MB (totally wrong) Can the bios be so wrong? The manufactorer stes this on its website: Configuration/Organization Discs/Heads / / / / Bytes per Sector 512 Logical CHS

Re: who's right? sysinstall or the bios

dick wrote: So here's my dilemma: fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) bios values: 65535/255/16 gives 514072MB (totally wrong) What to do? Can the bios be so wrong? What must I do? The drive will also hold a copy of Win98se and WinXP/pro and I don't want any faults to happen

who's right? sysinstall or the bios

I try to install freebsd-5.4 on a brandnew 250G seagate baracuda 3250823A Sysinstall states the drive geomery is wrong and chooses a new value. It ALSO states to fill in the values the *bios* thinks the drive is. So here's my dilemma: fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) bios val