fresh install of 5.2-r doesn't book on 80gig disk

[Jev]

I finally resolved this issue only today!

In bios I set my disc to LBA, and in fdisk I specified the following 
geometry:

16383/16/63
I got this from the WesternDigital website (Answer ID 708):
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=zG84rd4h&p_lva=&p_faqid=708&p_created=1037284151&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1XRDgwMEJCJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9NCZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT05MSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=

Fdsik reports this on the top line as follows:

16383/16/63 = 16514064 (sectors) (8063MB)

and when I create a slice using A for all I get a slice this size:
Size(ST) 156301425
or
Size(MB) 76391

After this FreeBSD installs fine, and boots fine.

Things to note, the above CHS values that I got from the WD website 
don't show up in BIOS or anywhere else.

The CHS value that FreeBSD _wanted_ to use (but didn't work) was 9729/255/63
Interestingly this was the same value as my bios reports when I auto 
detect the disk with LBA on, but it doesn't work.

This type of issue has been discussed on questions and bugs aswell I 
think, perhaps FDISK could use a little TLC?

Regards,
-Jev

Jev wrote:
> 
> 
> akruijff at dds.nl wrote:
> 
>> Citeren ian j hart <ianjhart at ntlworld.com>:
>>
> [snip]
> 
>>
>> I have had the same with my 250 GB WD. What happens is that sysinstall 
>> thinks the value it gets for the boot process is wrong. This isn't 
>> true! You need to change it back to its orginal function. You can use 
>> the scoll-lock key to get the value from the screen if you need.
>>
> 
> 
> Do you mean by pressing the 'G' key and specifying my own value? When I 
> do this I get the "Message"
> 
> WARNING:  A geometry of 155061/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. Using a more 
> likely geometry. .....etc.....
> 
> So it dosn't allow me to set my own Geometry. I also tried setting the 
> disk to LBA mode in bios as Ian suggested, but I had no success.
> 
> Thanks for your help
> -Jev
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