Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:17:04 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Lash <bob@wbs.net> To: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980327170821.29420A-100000@webchat2.wbs.net> In-Reply-To: <199803272116.WAA15703@sos.freebsd.dk>
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Bob Lash who wrote: > > I put three 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE drives on my freeBSD 2.2.5 > > machine, and BIOS correctly identifies the drives as 12 GB, but freeBSD > > thinks they are only 8.4 GB: -SNIP- > > Have you tried it with the BIOS in CHS mode ?? > Yes, we tried using CHS, LBA, and LARGE modes... all of them showed as 12 GIG under BIOS, but only 8.4 under freeBSD. Interestingly, when in CHS mode, BIOS shows: 23361 CYL / 16 HD / 63 SEC and freeBSD sees: 16383 CYL / 16 HD / 63 SEC > > Is freeBSD actually limited to 8.4 GIGs per IDE drive? > > ===================================================== > > No it shouldn't be.. Excellent... > Send me one, and I'll make it work :) If we have to put more of these boxes together, I will definately recommend it to the other folks involved in my project! :) :) Best wishes, Bob Lash bob@wbs.net > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end > .. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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