Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:04:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Kyle Rollin <klined@orbimus.dhs.org> To: Vince Valenti <vince@blue-box.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Large Hard Drive Trouble Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105300003290.30676-100000@orbimus.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105291237340.47202-100000@kenny.blue-box.net>
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Vince: If the BIOS doesn't see the entire size of the drive, then neither will FreeBSD. Unless I'm wrong, you're stuck with 32GB... -Kyle Rollin klined@orbimus.dhs.org On Tue, 29 May 2001, Vince Valenti wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I just purchased a Maxtor 45GB hard drive to stick in one of my FreeBSD > boxes. It is an older motherboard, an Abit TX5 with the latest BIOS > revision. When I originally installed the drive, the computer would hang > when trying to detect the hard drive. I then installed the Cylinder > Limitation Jumper and it booted fine, but the BIOS only detects the drive > as a 32GB drive. I disabled the drive in the BIOS, and booted to FreeBSD. > This is what gets reported by the kernel: > > ad2: 32253MB <Maxtor 54610H6> [65531/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA33 > > What I'm wondering is, is it possible to use the entire capacity of the > drive, or am I limited to 32GB? If it is possible, what do I need to do? > > I really appreciate any help. > > Thanks, > > -- > Vince Valenti > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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