Re: 200GB IDE disk on old system

Eivind E <rumrunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:

rumrunner@ulv:~$ fdisk /dev/ad0
******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=310101 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=310101 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)

Presumably you have written the MBR with a different OS in the first
time, or got a disk with a valid MBRi from the vendor.
OK, I try this way, too. 1st try Linux, 2nd Windows.
If this should work, it is still a pity that FreeBSD doesn't have usable
tools to do the work natively.
.

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