Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 23:21:58 -0400 From: "Mike Boto" <bl29x5@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "David Miller" <dmiller@search.sparks.net> Subject: Re: Partition size Message-ID: <000f01bfc078$50cbb840$1252d03f@oemcomputer> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005172227170.24997-100000@search.sparks.net>
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I tried using several alternate setups in the BIOS config, and it always reverted back to the same thing: "Mode: User Cylinder: 4092 ...et al " As for a second partition, I cannot add anything whatsoever because fdisk believes the capacity of the hard drive to be entirely mapped out (900MB in DOS and 1100 in BSD), leaving another 14GB free yet ignored. > On Wed, 17 May 2000, Mike Boto wrote: > > > I recently replaced my 4.0 GB hard drive with a 15.3 GB one, and when > > putting FreeBSD on it, found that I could only access roughly 2GB of > > the entire disk. Now I had read about how this was a problem in various > > DOS formats, as well as Win95A, but I didn't consider it a factor when > > using the entire disk for a BSD install. Out of curiosity, I tried > > installing Win98 (the only other operating system discs I had on > > hand) to see if it was a hardware issue, but it recognized the entire > > drive with no problems. I've been looking for a solution to this for an > > hour or so, and I was hoping someone here could assist me on how to > > utilize the entire drive. > > You're probably running into a bios limitation. Your choices are to use > an alternate bios setup which "translates" the number of cylinders into > something under 1024, or to setup freebsd with two partitions, or slices. > > --- David > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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