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 12:48:23 -0500
To: Bogdan Taru <bgd@icomag.de>

    Bogdan Taru wrote:
    > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:34:47PM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote:
    >
    >>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?
    >
    >
    > Hm. What's gpt?

    gpt stand for 'great and powerful tool'. Just kidding.

     From gpt(8):
    gpt -- GUID partition table maintenance utility

    check out the man page for details..

    Eric 

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