Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:55:18 +0200 (MEST) From: hans@artcom.de (Hans Huebner) To: admin@caninet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 12 G hard drive and FreeBSD Message-ID: <m0yRy7S-000008C@mail.artcom.de> In-Reply-To: <199804211959.PAA03545@caninet.com>
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Robert, In article <199804211959.PAA03545@caninet.com> you write: >[...] have just >got 4 BIGFOOT TX 12 G hard disks as well. >My problem is that I can't figure out how to let FreeBSD know that it is 12 >G drives and not 8 G. You need to get an updated wd driver which is able to access the drive in LBA mode (in contrast to CHS mode, which is the default). The wd driver in 2.2.6-RELEASE is not LBA-capable. I succeeded by merging the LBA relevant changes to the wd driver from -current into 2.2.6-RELEASE manually. I'd be willing to share the patched driver (but I can't make any guarantees about correctness or stability). Also, you'll need to specify flags to the wd controller (in either userconfig or the kernel configuration file). See the discussion about 'best wdc flags' in the mailing list archives. Good luck, Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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