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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:53:23 GMT
From: Bryan Topscher <btopscher@gmail.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: I get a geometry error on my wd 200gb hd
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>Number:         71813
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       I get a geometry error on my wd 200gb hd
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 17 13:00:44 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jun 15 11:33:23 GMT 2007
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jun 15 11:33:23 GMT 2007
>Originator:     Bryan Topscher
>Release:        5.2.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
machine will not boot so do not have uname -a 
>Description:
When I go to install the OS on my Western digital 200gb HD I get a geometry error and the suggested geometry is different than the BIOS says.  When I try to enter the size that the BIOS says the software says that the there are too many cylinders.  And it suggests a smaller number of cylinders and a larger number of sectors.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run fdisk on a new HD > 200gb.   
>Fix:
Only way that I know to fix it is to go to 4.9.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To: Bryan Topscher <btopscher@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/71813: I get a geometry error on my wd 200gb hd
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:02:10 +0200

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 On 2004.09.17 12:53:23 +0000, Bryan Topscher wrote:
 
 > When I go to install the OS on my Western digital 200gb HD I get a
 > geometry error and the suggested geometry is different than the BIOS
 > says.  When I try to enter the size that the BIOS says the software
 > says that the there are too many cylinders.  And it suggests a smaller
 > number of cylinders and a larger number of sectors.
 
 Have you tried just to ignore the warning and just install?  I have
 seen the geometry warnings many times and I always just ignore it, and
 I have yet to see problems with regards to it.
 
 --=20
 Simon L. Nielsen
 FreeBSD Documentation Team
 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Fri Jun 15 11:33:01 UTC 2007 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout (> 2 years). 

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