From owner-freebsd-current Wed May 6 00:43:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01250 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 6 May 1998 00:43:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01236 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 00:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA01152; Wed, 6 May 1998 17:12:56 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980506171256.B329@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 17:12:56 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jon E. Mitchiner" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I use IDE HD. more than 8G References: <000d01bd78ab$13baec80$4d0c758c@wing.cc.nsysu.edu.tw> <000001bd78be$08bcc430$641146d1@roaming.minotaur.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <000001bd78be$08bcc430$641146d1@roaming.minotaur.com>; from Jon E. Mitchiner on Wed, May 06, 1998 at 03:10:22AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 6 May 1998 at 3:10:22 -0400, Jon E. Mitchiner wrote: >> But , the boot disk can only allocate 8G disk space , I've >> tried to edit >> geometry , bot I can't >> label disk space over 8G. > > Does your BIOS support drives larger than 8.4GB? You might have to upgrade > your bios in order for it to support > 8.4GB so you might want to check with > your motherboard manufacturer for a update. This is a FreeBSD problem, and it's gradually becoming a FAQ. A patch was applied to -CURRENT about a month ago. I'll enquire when we can get it in 2.2.6. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message