From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 2 11:17:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F020537B401 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:17:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E6B743E6A for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:17:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.p.donadio@ieee.org) Received: from ieee.org (pcp01403667pcs.radnor01.pa.comcast.net [68.81.79.155]) by mtaout04.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.4 (built Aug 5 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H3D00LM79H2LV@mtaout04.icomcast.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:17:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:16:14 -0400 From: Matthew Donadio Subject: 8.4Gb IDE Drive Limit To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <3D9B37EE.C7FDE801@ieee.org> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi all, I have an old Pentium Pro system that I would like to install FreeBSD 4.6.2 on. Unfortunately, its BIOS has the 8.4Gb limit, and I can't find an upgrade for it. The only drive I have available is a new Maxtor 40Gb unit. I can boot and install from the CD-ROM, and everything is OK, but I cannot get it to boot on its own. I have tried some of the suggestions in the FAQ, but I still cannot get it to work. Any ideas would be appreciated (or if anybdy knows a source of new <8.4Gb drives). Thanks. -- Matthew Donadio (m.p.donadio@ieee.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message