[RndTbl] FreeBSD 7 install -- help required!

[Sean Cody]

>>
>> At the beginning of the install, it complained about the drive  
>> geometry (how 90s). The FreeBSD installer indicates that the  
>> geometry is set to 77545/16/63, that this is wrong, and it's using  
>> something better, which turns out to be 4865/255/63. When I go into  
>> the BIOS, it reports the geometry to be 19158/16/255. FreeBSD  
>> doesn't let me set the geometry to either of the two other ones!
>>

This is the real clue.
How big is the disk?

I've seen this happen before but mostly on VERY large disk arrays (1TB 
+).
If sysinstall is complaining about the disk geometry you won't be able  
to boot from that drive.
Sysinstall is really old and busted but this is a portent to other  
issues.

The other reason for this complaint is if the disk controller on your  
motherboard isn't supported all that well.
Is this SATA/PATA?
What is the Motherboard model as well as the drive model numbers?

-- 
Sean