Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:22:13 -0700 (PDT) From: perl <perl@netmug.org> To: Brooks Davis <brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu> Cc: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Larger then 8.5GB IDE Support - 2.2 stable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9807311021270.13578-100000@netmug.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.02.9807310956070.28642-100000@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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I've got the same problem, but my bios shows the actual size of the drive. Michael On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Randy A. Katz wrote: > > > Is support for the larger IDE drives still in 2.2 stable? I loaded it up on > > a 4.5GB primary drive and tried to add a 11.5GB secondary and it showed the > > partition as 8.xGB...any ideas??? > > It's probably a BIOS problem. See the following white paper at IBM: > > http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/library/8.4gb.htm > > -- Brooks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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