Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:16:04 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting the BIOS version without rebooting / 8Gb+ drives Message-ID: <20021107191604.GA7571@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20021106135443.K537-100000@apple.silverwraith.com> References: <20021106135443.K537-100000@apple.silverwraith.com>
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On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:55:46PM +0000, Avleen Vig wrote: > Thre are utilities availible for Windows/DOS that allow you to get the > BIOS and chipset versions etc from a command prompt. Some of these are > written by the BIOS manufacturers or motherboard manufacturers but most > are third party freeware jobs. > > Is anythign similar availible for FreeBSD? I have a server hosted I don't think so. Those utilities usually access the hardware and BIOS directly which is a bit more difficult under FreeBSD. > remotely, and I need to know which version of the BIOS is in it (it's > quite old). I need this to know whether it will allow me to plug in drives > larger than 8gb. > > Also I assume BIOS assume BIOS support is required for drives greater than > 8Gb, for me to use said drives with FreeBSD? Not really no. It is normally only an issue if you try to boot from an area of a disk that is located beyond what the BIOS supports. > I'll be booting off a 2Gb drive but feel there's a chance my BIOS doesn't > support a 20Gb drive. Can I still use it as secondary master?? Should work fine. FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS to access the disk so once FreeBSD is loaded you don't need to worry about the BIOS. > > Yes, I am talking about the 8Gb limit that was overcome several years ago > :-) Yeah, I have an old computer that has teh even older 528MB limit which currently runs FreeBSD just fine using a 1.3GB disk. No problems. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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