Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:34:10 -0700 (PDT) From: zenin@archive.rhps.org (Zenin) To: stevek@guide.chi.il.us (Steve Kacsmark) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extremely Large ATA drives and BSD Message-ID: <199808220234.TAA18444@thrush.omix.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980821220620.006e0b80@pop.interaccess.com> from Steve Kacsmark at "Aug 21, 98 10:06:20 pm"
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> FreeBSD 2.2.7 recognizes my Maxtor 11.5GB harddrive as a 8.4GB drive.... > Is this a limitation of FreeBSD or an error on my part? It's a limitation of 1970's design. See what the help section of the label editor in sysinstall has to say about IBM not thinking people would ever need more then 1024 cylinders. It also describes how to find the real (non-BIOS) geometry so you can get past this. -- -Zenin (zenin@archive.rhps.org) From The Blue Camel we learn: BSD: A psychoactive drug, popular in the 80s, probably developed at UC Berkeley or thereabouts. Similar in many ways to the prescription-only medication called "System V", but infinitely more useful. (Or, at least, more fun.) The full chemical name is "Berkeley Standard Distribution". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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