On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Windows .. fine, I installed Linux .. fine. Then I installed > FreeBSD...fine *but* the SCSI BIOS on bootup complains that the disk > geometry is all cockeyed, and it looks that way from what it says. > It warns any non-DOS O/S may have problems using it. > Well I have had no problems, and fdisk makes no complaints. What has > happened to upset the SCSI BIOS ? The thing it seems to hate is that it > is getting 63 heads reported instead of 64. > It is a Tekram 390 U/W controller, with an IBM 18MB U160 disk. > There have never been any other complaints about the 1st SCSI disk. > Diagnostics show no problems.
One thing to check is that you should have ">1GB drive support" enabled. This needs to be done before installing. See the archives for freebsd-scsi list. I am not familiar with trm(4) so perhaps Oliver can fill in more. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
