Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 23:16:54 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Brandon DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 36 GB IDE Hard Drives Message-ID: <199912250416.XAA78976@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Fri, 24 Dec 1999 18:15:39 PST." <199912250215.SAA17428@mass.cdrom.com>
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>> Are hard drives larger than 32 GB supported by Free BSD. I've had both = >> the 3.3 and 3.4 releases fail during the make New FS portion of the = >> install, when installing on a Maxtor 36 GB drive. > >There shouldn't be any issues with large drives, no. Since you don't >provide any details to qualify "fail", it's hard to guess where your >problems might lie. There's been discussion of this recently, I think on -questions. Those involved seemed to agree there is a newfs barrier at around 27 to 27.5 GB. Smaller works fine, larger fails. Based on that you should be able to partition your 36 GB and make it usable now. IIRC there is a new driver in the works that's supposed to solve the problem. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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