Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-13 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:17:38 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If only the cylinders differ, then its most likely an lba32 scheme of > some sort. If i were a betting man, i'd say that you're safe to let > freebsd muck around. Well, if you were a betting man, you'd be a winner. I de

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Norbert Augenstein
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:26:04PM -0400, Bill Davidson wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT) > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT) > > > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Net Llama!
On 07/10/03 15:26, Bill Davidson wrote: On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: 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

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > > 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

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote: > 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. FreeB

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
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 tha

Re: [OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Net Llama!
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? > incorrect and wants to use 12161 cyls/63 sectors/ 255 heads. Is it safe > t

[OT] Drive geometry question

2003-07-10 Thread Bill Davidson
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 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