From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 14 15: 7:29 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8067437B401 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:07:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from fat_man.ascendency.net (12-211-152-75.client.attbi.com [12.211.152.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DA743F13 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:07:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from mike (user-119bct7.biz.mindspring.com [66.149.179.167]) (authenticated) by fat_man.ascendency.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0EN6Xq51416 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:06:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Reply-To: From: "Mike Loiterman" To: Subject: ATA PCI Adapter questions Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:02:25 -0600 Message-ID: <001a01c2bc21$05cb2fe0$0302a8c0@mike> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG =20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm thinking of purchasing an ATA PCI Adapter so that I may access a = large hard disk on a PC with an old BIOS. The BIOS has a limitation of = 2 gigs and I have a 20 gig drive, so the card must have, obviously, on = board BIOS for recognizing large drives. I searched through the release notes on 4_STABLE = (http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/hardware/i386/x27.html#AEN33) = but I'm wondering if there are there any pitfalls to installing one or = using one? Also -- are any of the cards listed in the release notes = inherently "better" then the others? Suggestions for other cards are appreciated. Thanks for your time.=20 - ------------------------------------------- Randomly Generated Quote: If rabbits feet are so lucky, what =20 happened to the rabbit? =20 Mike Loiterman PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E http://www.ascendency.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: This message has been digitally signed by Mike Loiterman iQA/AwUBPiSXAWjZbUnRudGOEQL36gCgjzQpl6SyTgTKCIruOZfutCjCQBwAn1ke UeGl+hDWDV44pJYNkg5Ls9K5 =3D741v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message