Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:37:58 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fdisk via /stand/sysinstall won't set proper disk size Message-ID: <3B28DA56.CDB223A9@iowna.com> References: <3B28D7C6.66AB0FFA@journalstar.com>
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Is it set properly in the mobo BIOS? Try tweaking the LBA, etc settings. Tony Wells wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have an old 8G Maxtor disk I'm trying to install through > /stand/sysinstall. I go to the Configure->Fdisk screen and it shows up > as a 4G disk, so I set the correct cylinders/heads/sectors and then it > shows up as an 8G disk at the top of the screen, but still only allows > me to use 4G for a FreeBSD filesystem. > > Is there a trick to get this to work, or do I need to do this from a > command line to utilize all the disk? > > If I have to do this from the command line, does anyone know the proper > fdisk switches? > > Here's the layout of the disk: > > cylinders/heads/sectors > 16383/16/63 > > TIA, > Tony Wells > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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