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From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
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Subject: RE: 8.4 gig limit still?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 04:27:37 -0400
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I can't help you with part 2 of your e-mail.  But version 2.2.8 and above
support drives / partitions above 8.4 gb.  I personally have a 10.2 gb drive
installed with one large partition on it.

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM [SMTP:vetex@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM]
> Sent:	Sunday, May 23, 1999 2:22 AM
> To:	questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:	8.4 gig limit still?
> 
> are we still limited to 8.4 gig drives?
> 
> or is it just partitions of 8.4 gig?
> 
> 
> 
> forgot to mention that its on 2 scsi drives
> run by adaptec 2940au and a late model motherboard
> of this year.
> 
> I am able to mount it on my other freebsd drive and
> browse it and all but I just cant boot it.
> 
> 
> I just installed 3.1 on my new 9 gig hard drive
> and everything seemd to go great, i created
> a 200M / , 500M /var , 150M swap the rest i left as
> /usr then installed a bunch of packages
> it took all afternoon to complete.
> 
> now i reboot and i get 
> 
> Disk Error: 0x1 (LBA = 0x0)
> no /kernel
> 
> Boot:
> 
> the device 0 has my current freebsd system on it
> but i am trying to install on new device 1
> 
> 
> OK, what did i do wrong and what do i have to do to fix it.
> 
> 
> Vetex 
> C/O Laszlo Vagner
> 3600 W. Mountain Dr.
> Flagstaff, AZ 86001
> (520)779-4360
> E-Mail: vetex@vetex.com
> Date: 22-May-99
> Time: 23:15:39
> 
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