Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 07:40:09 -0500 From: Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BIOS unsupported HDDs Message-ID: <39E1BCA9.488B6626@ispchannel.com> References: <39E0BEEB.BC95C300@ispchannel.com> <20001009093531.G4647@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
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Odhiambo, 4.1.1 will recognize a 20 GB HDD even if the BIOS does not? That's amazing! How can an OS recognize hardware without consulting the BIOS? I'm anxious to read your reply, but in the mean time, I will begin preparing to upgrade my FBSD system to 4.1.1. BTW, is that version current or stable? Mark Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com> [20001008 21:39]: > =>How (if it's possible at all) should I install a 20GB HDD to be used > =>with FBSD? In order for the BIOS to recognize the HDD, I have to use a > =>small program that came with the hard drive. I assume it "fakes-out" > =>the BIOS in order to recognize the entire HDD. Without it, the BIOS and > =>Win 98 only sees an 8GB drive. > => > =>I want to install FBSD and eventually do away with Windoze. I've also > =>checked for a BIOS update for my system, but none exist; I have the > =>most current one available. > > Get 4.1.1 > It will recognize that size. I've seen that in the list. > > => > =>Mark > => > => > => > =>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > =>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KENYA. > > Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. > -James Thurber To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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