[OT] Drive geometry question

[Net Llama!]

On 07/10/03 15:26, Bill Davidson wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:36:22 -0400 (EDT)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:37:44 -0400 (EDT)
>>>Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bill Davidson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I decided to install FreeBSD and give it a try. My drive
>>>>>geometry is set to 193821 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads. FreeBSD's
>>>>>fdisk says that's
>>>>
>>>>Where are you reading that geometry?
>>>
>>>That's what FreeBSD reports to find. I also get that from linux
>>>fdisk. I just don't understand what will happen if I partition the
>>>drive using a different geometry, or if it even matters.
>>
>>No, i meant the geometry that you think it should be compared to the
>>gemoetry that FreeBSD thinks it should be.
> 
> 
> Here are the recommended settings from the western digital website for
> this drive model:
> 16383 cyls/63 sectors/16 heads
> 
> Hmm... That's odd. Only the cylinders are different from what I've got.

If only the cylinders differ, then its most likely an lba32 scheme of some 
sort.  If i were a betting man, i'd say that you're safe to let freebsd 
muck around.

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