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Re: install/partition weirdness; 60Gig ATA100 HD



On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Chris Palmer wrote:
> When the kernel on the installation CD boots, it lists the
> disk geometry correctly for the LBA values of the disk, but
> those values are not believed to be accurate for cfdisk.  It
> lists fewer cylinders and when I change it, I'm told that
> the value is too high for my disk.
>
Have you tried using fdisk (or sfdisk) instead of cfdisk. cfdisk
has some problems with noncommon hardware.

- Einar




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