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Date:      Sat, 19 May 2001 22:08:56 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Carl Delsey <cdelsey@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fdisk recognizes 30GB hard drive as 2GB.
Message-ID:  <3B075168.B145FAA5@urx.com>
References:  <000901c0e0c8$e04b82e0$6501a8c0@HOME>

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Carl Delsey wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.3 onto a 32GB hard drive, but fdisk keeps
> thinking it is a 2GB drive.  I've seen a number of messages in the archives
> for this mailing list of people having the same problem, but I couldn't find
> any solutions. Does anybody know if a solution to this problem has been
> found or not?

If it is an ide, make sure you don't have the pin shorted that makes it a
2gb drive.

Kent

> 
> Thanks,
> Carl
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