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Date:      Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:35:54 -0400
From:      Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8.4Gb IDE Drive Limit
Message-ID:  <3D9B4A9A.A670975A@ieee.org>
References:  <3D9B37EE.C7FDE801@ieee.org>

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Matthew Donadio wrote:
> I have an old Pentium Pro system that I would like to install FreeBSD
> 4.6.2 on.  Unfortunately, its BIOS has the 8.4Gb limit, and I can't find
> an upgrade for it.  The only drive I have available is a new Maxtor 40Gb
> unit.  I can boot and install from the CD-ROM, and everything is OK, but
> I cannot get it to boot on its own.  I have tried some of the
> suggestions in the FAQ, but I still cannot get it to work.
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated (or if anybdy knows a source of new
> <8.4Gb drives).  Thanks.

I should add that I would be happy (I think) if I could boot from CD,
and have that image mount my disk.  I'm not sure how to go about doing
this, especially since I can't boot into my FreeBSD system right now.

Thanks.

-- 
Matthew Donadio (m.p.donadio@ieee.org)

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