Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 22:20:02 GMT From: mgessner@winc.com (Matthew Gessner) To: Tomas Klockar <dateck@ludd.luth.se>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with 810MB drive Message-ID: <31af7050.5120885@home.winc.com> In-Reply-To: <199605312152.XAA04896@father.ludd.luth.se> References: <199605312152.XAA04896@father.ludd.luth.se>
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On Fri, 31 May 1996 23:52:55 +0200 (MET DST), you wrote: >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 > Hi, Tomas, Well, after I posted my message, I decided maybe I should call ALR. I did and they helped me out. There's a BIOS setting for enhanced controllers called PIO in the Phoenix BIOS. So I set that and am now running fine. Thanks all, Matt --- Matthew A. Gessner <mgessner@aristar.com> Computer Scientist, Aristar, Inc. Software Systems for Handheld Computers Akron, Ohio, USA (330) 668-2267 (Voice) (330) 668-2961 (Fax)
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