Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 04:27:37 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM'" <vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 8.4 gig limit still? Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011058FB@site2s1>
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I can't help you with part 2 of your e-mail. But version 2.2.8 and above support drives / partitions above 8.4 gb. I personally have a 10.2 gb drive installed with one large partition on it. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM [SMTP:vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM] > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 2:22 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: 8.4 gig limit still? > > are we still limited to 8.4 gig drives? > > or is it just partitions of 8.4 gig? > > > > forgot to mention that its on 2 scsi drives > run by adaptec 2940au and a late model motherboard > of this year. > > I am able to mount it on my other freebsd drive and > browse it and all but I just cant boot it. > > > I just installed 3.1 on my new 9 gig hard drive > and everything seemd to go great, i created > a 200M / , 500M /var , 150M swap the rest i left as > /usr then installed a bunch of packages > it took all afternoon to complete. > > now i reboot and i get > > Disk Error: 0x1 (LBA = 0x0) > no /kernel > > Boot: > > the device 0 has my current freebsd system on it > but i am trying to install on new device 1 > > > OK, what did i do wrong and what do i have to do to fix it. > > > Vetex > C/O Laszlo Vagner > 3600 W. Mountain Dr. > Flagstaff, AZ 86001 > (520)779-4360 > E-Mail: vetex@vetex.com > Date: 22-May-99 > Time: 23:15:39 > > > 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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