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Date:      Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:30:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>
To:        Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I know, another EIDE question.
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9508271343.Z22493-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950825042326.25699D-100000@aries.ai.net>

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On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Network Coordinator wrote:

> I tried using the digests, but alas, the digests are not online.

	the digests are available from majordomo.  get the index and then 
get the particular one you want.  for example

mail majordomo@freebsd.org

index freebsd-questions
get freebsd-questions v01.n001
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> 
> One simple question. A brand new machine with BIOS support for EIDE 
> drives, installed with a 1.2gig hard drive (EIDE). Will it work right out 
> of the box, no questions asked with FreeBSD at full capacity or is there 
> some trickery that needs to be employed? 
> 
> I just had the joyous experience of installing a drive like the one above 
> [850mb] in a Linux machine with a BIOS that didn't support the size 
> directly, and after all it actually made sense.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -Jerry.
> 
> 

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