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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!xmission!sverige.pengar.com!user From: chad@pengar.com (Chad Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help formatting a SCSI disk with variable sec/track Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 23:33:01 -0600 Organization: Pengar Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 25 Distribution: na Message-ID: <chad-2510962333010001@sverige.pengar.com> References: <54r2b1$j0e@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sverige.pengar.com In article <54r2b1$j0e@panix.com>, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote: > I've got a 700 MB SCSI disk with a variable # of sectors/track (42 - > 92 spt.) When I try to install Freebsd on it The freebsd > installation menu complains that the disk grometry is wrong. > > I've tried to enter the smaller # (42) and it still complains. I also > tried the "small FAT" partition trick mentioned in the manual with no > success. > > I'm using an Adaptec 1540. The disk formats to full capacity on > Windows/NT, which either doesn't care about geometry or discovers it > on the fly. I've used other variable geometry disks on Sun 4.1.3 and > Solaris 2.5. > > I'm stuck trying to set up Freebsd for the first time. > > Thanks. Try telling it to use the whole disk and ignore the geometry and partitions. That is one of the options when setting up the disk. I was getting the error you describe until I did that. Chad