Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:43:22 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Big IDE disks? Message-ID: <36E9280A.1447019B@uk.radan.com> References: <36E80304.C99C501E@algroup.co.uk> <19990311211620.C231@localhost> <36E8F75F.7DC11DBB@algroup.co.uk>
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Ben Laurie wrote: > > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 05:53:08PM +0000, Ben Laurie wrote: > > > I'm trying to install an 18 GB EIDE disk on FreeBSD 2.2.7. The BIOS > > > concedes that it is big, after I enable "S.M.A.R.T." (whatever that is), > > > but fdisk refuses to believe it is any larger than 8 GB. Is there a way > > > to make this work? > > > > > > > Yes. You have to u/g to 2.2.8 or later. Support for >8GB disks was > > introduced in 2.2.8 > > Great, thanks. I've never upgraded a FreeBSD system before, and I can't > seem to find any docco for how to do it - what's the procedure? > I take it you mean from source? I've never done that, I always use the CDs. Take a look on http://www.freebsd.org/ there'll be the necessary info there. > Cheers, > > Ben. > > -- > http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > first group; there was less competition there." > - Indira Gandhi -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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