Disk Geometry Error

[Richard Arends]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Systems Engineering wrote:

> I am attempting an installation via the 5.1-R iso.  During the
> partitioning process, fdisk reports that the detected disk geometry is
> probably incorrect.  Subsequently, I attempt to specify the geometry
> reported by bios (CSH:19158,255,16).  This geometry is, however,
> rejected.  I have tried some variations, including the "sane" proposal
> that fdisk makes after it reports that the detected disk geometry is
> invalid.  fdisk accepts them but this does not produce a bootable system
> (not surprising).

Let me guess. Is it limited to 2 GB? Youre disk probably has a jumper on
it with enables it above 2GB.

Regards,

Richard.

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