Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 09:38:07 -0600 From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) To: jhs@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1 gig IDE won't install with 1993 < 500M BIOs Message-ID: <199701011538.JAA19485@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <199612190204.DAA16690@vector.jhs.no_domain>
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In article <199612190204.DAA16690@vector.jhs.no_domain> you write:
>Suggestions as to what to poke, & what to RTFM would be appreciated,
>I've already cruised the handbook, & FAQ, but found nothing Re.
>booting > 500M drives on old bioses with < 500M capability .
I just added a section to the FAQ about this.
<sect1>
<heading>What about disk managers? My BIOS doesn't support large drives!
</header>
<p>
FreeBSD recognises the Ontrack Disk Manager and makes allowances
for it. Other disk managers are not supported.
If you just want to use the disk with FreeBSD you don't need a
disk manager. Just configure the disk for as much space as the
BIOS can deal with (usually 504 megabytes), and FreeBSD
should figure out how much space you really have. If you're using
an old disk with an MFM controller, you may need to explicitly
tell FreeBSD how many cylinders to use.
If you want to use the disk with FreeBSD and another operating
system, you may be able to do without a disk manager: just make sure
the the FreeBSD boot partition and the slice for the other
operating system are in the first 1024 cylinders.
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