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Date:      Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:43:57 -0700
From:      Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
To:        Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 8.4Gb IDE Drive Limit 
Message-ID:  <200210021944.g92JhwWZ006566@axp.csl.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org>  of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:35:54 EDT." <3D9B4A9A.A670975A@ieee.org> 

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Matt,

How did you partition the 40Gb drive?

 - Mike

> 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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