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From: rafael@pyramid.com
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: 2.2.5 Won't install using partition created by OS/2 Fdisk. LBA mode is turn on.
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>Number:         5732
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       2.2.5 Won't install using partition created by OS/2 Fdisk. LBA mode is turn on.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 12 17:10:03 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Fri Mar 19 06:05:36 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Thu Mar  8 05:00:03 PST 2001
>Originator:     Rafael Chang
>Release:        2.2.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:

	I am using OS/2's boot manager. I created a partition under OS/2 fdisk
program. The partition which I created is of size 500MB. After booting 
FreeBSD using the boot disk, I changed the label of the partition to 165
which is for FreeBSD. Then I continue to use this partition with the 
default value, but got error message saying the this partition is to
big for /root.

	It seems that default value should take the 500MB created under
OS/2 fdisk( and OS/2 boot manager), and create default size for /usr, 
/, /var, and others.

	The LBA mode has been selected on the BIOS. FreeBSD reports the
C/H/S for primary IDE master/slave with proper LBA translation. But the
C/H/S value for secondary IDE master does not appear to be translated
properly. It still report the cylinder size of 49XX for cylinder for 
Fujitsu 2.5 GB drive. I double checked that the option of LBA are
properly turned on. 

	I tried to install on bootable disk partition from the primary 
IDE master/slave, and secondary IDE master. They all fail with same 
error message, saying that the partition is too big.
	The configuration of my hard drives are as follow:

	Primary IDE Master: Fujitsu 2GB.
	Primary IDE Slave:  Maxtor 1.6 GB.
	Secondary IDE Master: Fujitsu 2.5 GB.


	Any suggestion as to how to solve this problem of partition size
too big. I would like to keep OS/2 boot manager.
>How-To-Repeat:

	Use OS/2 fdisk and OS/2 boot manager. Turn LBA mode on BIO.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Fri Mar 19 06:05:36 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
This isn't a problem report. Try asking the freebsd-questions mailing 
list for help on using FreeBSD with the OS/2 boot manager, which is 
what you're actually having a problem with. 
See also http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html . 

From: Vlad Manilici <Vlad_Manilici@genua.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, rafael@pyramid.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/5732: 2.2.5 Won't install using partition created by OS/2 Fdisk. 
 LBA mode is turn on.
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 13:50:01 +0100

 Hi,
 
 A firend of mine was hit by the same problem, as he tried to install on
 a partition
 of FreeBSD type, created with Linux, on his primay IDE HD.
 
 The sollution was to delete and recreate the partition with the FreeBSD
 partition
 table editor, while installing.
 
 I am not sure if this has anything to do with hardware settings, but
 with the fact that
 the partition *was already there*.
 
 :>lad
 

From: Vlad Manilici <Vlad_Manilici@genua.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, rafael@pyramid.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/5732: 2.2.5 Won't install using partition created by OS/2 Fdisk. 
 LBA mode is turn on.
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 13:59:36 +0100

 Hi,
 
 A firend of mine was hit by the same problem, as he tried to install on
 a partition of FreeBSD type, created with Linux, on his primay IDE HD.
 
 The sollution was to delete and recreate the partition with the FreeBSD
 partition table editor, while installing.
 
 I am not sure if this has anything to do with hardware settings, but
 with the fact that the partition *was already there*.
 
 :>lad
 
 
 
>Unformatted:
