Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 23:52:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: Tomas Klockar <dateck@ludd.luth.se> To: mgessner@winc.com Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with 810MB drive Message-ID: <199605312152.XAA04896@father.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <31af4731.18750413@home.winc.com> from Matthew Gessner at "May 31, 96 07:25:17 pm"
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According to Matthew Gessner: > Hi all, > > > I have an 810MB hd (config. 1647/16/63) that I need to use on my FreeBSD > machine. I hope you have a new bios. Othervise it will wrap when it gets to 1024 and overwrite your bootsector. FreeBSD doesn't care about that but DOS does you might also have a controller that cant handle that many sectors. > > The BIOS accepts these parameters, even though it doesn't ask > about LBA. My bios accepts the parameters to. But it doesn't work with more then 1024 sectors. > > When I start the installation, I can configure everything OK, > but when I reboot, the BIOS says No Boot Sector. I've made sure that > when I created the partitions, I set up the BootMgr to load. > > What am I doing wrong? I've installed on smaller disks with > just the defaults with no problems. I've even tried to make multiple > partitions, but the '>' flag shows up on the last one. > > How can I make this work? Will I need a boot floppy? > > I'm really pulling my hair out with this. I don't want to have > to pull another, smaller 500MB drive out of another machine. I need > this one. I still guess its your big drive. 1024*512*16*63=504MB > Also, I tried to format the disk under DOS, but it won't even > let me make partitions on the disk. > > When I am in the middle of the installation, the file system > looks OK, and I can do lots of things with it (this is the Alt-F3 screen > while sysinstall is running). > > Thanks in advance, > > Matt Gessner > It might work if you set it to just 1024 sectors in the bios. Use the upper part of the disc only in freebsd. DOS can't handle it. Unless you have a new bios preferebly less then 2 years old. /Tomas -- Tomas Klockar can be found at the following adresses: Kårhusvägen 4, 2:43 | Furuvägen 102 | dateck@ludd.luth.se 977 54 Luleå | 871 52 Härnösand | dateck@solace.mh.se Tel: +46-920-229391 | Tel: +46-611-13393 | d94-tkl@sm.luth.se
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