Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:43:11 +1000 (EST) From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Large drives Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001240940270.26748-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001210920100.25336-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Hi, From Greg Lehey's superb book (The Complete FreeBSD, 3rd edition, page 40): "Finally, at 8GB, the CHS system runs out of steam. It can't describe more than 1024 cylinders, 255 heads or 63 sectors. Beyond this size, you must use LBA addressing - if your BIOS supports it." Colin must On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Steve Hovey wrote: > > I thought there was an 8 or 9 gig lim on what freebsd could see of any one > signle drive - is this limitation gone? or is there some technic for > slicing something larger up? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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