problem creating filesystems on 10GB drive

["Rich Fernandez" <rfernandez@arrow.com>]

I'm trying to install 2.9 on a 10gb drive.
disklabel shows the drive as being only 1GB (c: 2062368)

I used the "g" option and told it to read geometry info from the BIOS (which
reports it correctly), but then after I've created all my
filesystems and wq'ed, newfs chokes:

	wd0f id not found writing fsbn 208844 (wd0 bn 4980149; cn 309 tn 254 sn 62)
  	write error: 208844
	wtfs: input/output error

I searched the archives and found similar errors, but didn't find any
solutions posted in response.
The FAQ, likewise didn't have an answer.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

Rich