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

[Eric Anderson]

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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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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