Problem with 80 Gb HD

diegoc

Hi,

I'm using the BETA 1.0 on a pc with 80 GB hd, when I try to install, the partition wizard doesn't work. I get the error:


,-<<< Executing ' /sbin/fdisk -v -f /tmp/new.fdisk ad0'
| ******* Working on device /dev/ad0 *******
| fdisk : WARNING line 1 : number of cylinders (39420) may be
out-of-range
| (mus be within 1-1024 for normal BIOS operation, unless the entire
disk
| is dedicated to FreeBSD)
| fdisk: ERROR line 1: number of sectors must be within (1-63)
'->>> Exit status: 1

I've followed all instructions from:
http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=BootTroubleShooting

but without results.
The only solution was the reduction of the size to 32 Gb. May be the problem arises on the partition script.

Regards

Diego

jeroen234

i have pfsense here on a 160 gb hd
i have used all the 160 gb for pfsense

sullrich

Can you try out http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/1.0-BETA1-TESTING-SNAPSHOT-2-19-06/pfSense.iso.gz

Also, set the BIOS to CHS mode for this drive (there is a bug in fdisk)… http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/90093

diegoc

I get the same error, the BIOS doesn't support CHS mode for the hd drive.

will try with another disk, but I only have problems with the 80 Gb Hd.

Regards

Diego

diegoc

I get this error when i use a motherboard PC Chips FSB Micro via Cle 266/8235 Model M789, and the 80 Gb Hd. With other motherboard no problems.

diegoc

The solution is, make the partitions with a freeBSD installation CD and then install the pfsense, skiping the partition wizard.
Now is working. ;D

sullrich

@diegoc:

The solution is, make the partitions with a freeBSD installation CD and then install the pfsense, skiping the partition wizard.
Now is working. ;D

Yep, sysinstall works around the problem when you hit the edge case (bug).