Installing FreeBSD 6.1 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
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From: luckypunch on 26 Nov 2006 15:21 Hi I've got some troubles while installing FreeBSD 6.1 on the new Dell PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID Controller and three 300GB harddisks. If I run the setup everything works fine, but the step with the fdisk I get the following warning: WARNING: A geometry of 72809/255/63 for mfid0 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. Does someone know this problem? I searchd around the forums but I didn't get an answer.
From: Lowell Gilbert on 26 Nov 2006 20:59 luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: > Hi > > I've got some troubles while installing FreeBSD 6.1 on the new Dell > PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID Controller and three 300GB > harddisks. > > If I run the setup everything works fine, but the step with the fdisk > I get the following warning: > WARNING: A geometry of 72809/255/63 for mfid0 is incorrect. > Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are > unsure > as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in the > Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. > > Does someone know this problem? I searchd around the forums but I > didn't get an answer. It's been years since I've seen hardware that had problem at that point. These days, hard drives always use fictitious geometries. Do you have an actual problem, or are you just worried about the warning message?
From: luckypunch on 27 Nov 2006 04:04 Robert Kopp schrieb: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I've got some troubles while installing FreeBSD 6.1 on the new Dell >>> PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID Controller and three 300GB >>> harddisks. >>> >>> If I run the setup everything works fine, but the step with the fdisk >>> I get the following warning: >>> WARNING: A geometry of 72809/255/63 for mfid0 is incorrect. >>> Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are >>> unsure >>> as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in >>> the Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. >>> >>> Does someone know this problem? I searchd around the forums but I >>> didn't get an answer. >> It's been years since I've seen hardware that had problem at that >> point. These days, hard drives always use fictitious geometries. >> Do you have an actual problem, or are you just worried about the >> warning message? > > Ignore it and continue the installation. That's what I did. > I already tryied to ignore it, but the Setupinstallation couldn't copy the files to the disk. I can't install FreeBSD!
From: Lowell Gilbert on 27 Nov 2006 09:37 luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: > Robert Kopp schrieb: >> Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >>> luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I've got some troubles while installing FreeBSD 6.1 on the new Dell >>>> PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID Controller and three 300GB >>>> harddisks. >>>> >>>> If I run the setup everything works fine, but the step with the fdisk >>>> I get the following warning: >>>> WARNING: A geometry of 72809/255/63 for mfid0 is incorrect. >>>> Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are >>>> unsure >>>> as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in >>>> the Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. >>>> >>>> Does someone know this problem? I searchd around the forums but I >>>> didn't get an answer. >>> It's been years since I've seen hardware that had problem at that >>> point. These days, hard drives always use fictitious geometries. >>> Do you have an actual problem, or are you just worried about the >>> warning message? >> >> Ignore it and continue the installation. That's what I did. >> > I already tryied to ignore it, but the Setupinstallation couldn't copy > the files to the disk. I can't install FreeBSD! And what is the error when it actually fails?
From: luckypunch on 27 Nov 2006 12:28
Lowell Gilbert schrieb: > luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> Robert Kopp schrieb: >>> Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>> >>>> luckypunch <drachenboot(a)gmail.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> I've got some troubles while installing FreeBSD 6.1 on the new Dell >>>>> PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i RAID Controller and three 300GB >>>>> harddisks. >>>>> >>>>> If I run the setup everything works fine, but the step with the fdisk >>>>> I get the following warning: >>>>> WARNING: A geometry of 72809/255/63 for mfid0 is incorrect. >>>>> Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are >>>>> unsure >>>>> as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in >>>>> the Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. >>>>> >>>>> Does someone know this problem? I searchd around the forums but I >>>>> didn't get an answer. >>>> It's been years since I've seen hardware that had problem at that >>>> point. These days, hard drives always use fictitious geometries. >>>> Do you have an actual problem, or are you just worried about the >>>> warning message? >>> Ignore it and continue the installation. That's what I did. >>> >> I already tryied to ignore it, but the Setupinstallation couldn't copy >> the files to the disk. I can't install FreeBSD! > > And what is the error when it actually fails? After configuring the partitions and the slices he'll write to the disk, but the following errormessage occurs: unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0 |