Re: [bgd@level5.de: invalid geometry for >1TB]

From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 09/28/05

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:34:47 -0500
To: Bogdan Taru <bgd@icomag.de>

    Bogdan Taru wrote:
    > Hi hackers,
    >
    > tryin' to install 4.11 or 5.x on a Dell box with a Perc 3/Di Raid
    > controller (with 5x 300GB scsis). I get 'invalid geometry' when running
    > sysinstall/fdisk on the 'disk', the geometry presented being:
    >
    > 145815 cyl / 255 heads / 63 sectors
    >
    > I tried to press 'A' for allocate the whole disk, and after several more
    > warnings it did that, but now the 'free' space in the list has a big minus
    > value as 'Offset'. Is that a problem?
    >
    > What should I do in order to get fbsd on this box? Change geometry? Any
    > other hacks/workarounds?

    Have you tried using gpt to partition it?

    Eric 

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