On 9/7/05, Florian Cramer <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 07. September 2005 um 12:17:12 Uhr (+0200) schrieb Florian C=
ramer:
>=20
> > /sbin/newfs -O 1 -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/rwd0a
>=20
> OK, it seems that I tracked down the source of the problem: Apparently,
> the geometry values which the installer calculates aren't correct. If I
> run newfs without parameters, it works fine. Unfortunately, there is no
> way to bypass newfs in the installation routine. Does anyone have a
> suggestion for the correct disk geometry data, or how to retrieve them?
>=20
> -F

Can you post what type of disk it is, and what NetBSD thinks the geometry i=
s?

If possible, can you attach the disk to another (hopefully not broken)
NetBSD system and compare results? Does it newfs on another system?

I have very little experience in this area, but looking at what the OS
thinks the disk is might jog something.

Andy