Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 14:43:28 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Jon Drukman" <jsd@cluttered.com> Subject: Re: 40G disk recognized as 32G - can't override!? Message-ID: <20020206194123.718164844F@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020206091130.00b35e10@10.10.10.1>
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 09:20:08 -0800, Jon Drukman wrote: >i'm helping a friend set up a system. he put a maxtor diamondmax 40G drive >in but we can't get it to show up as more than 32G. i looked on maxtor.com >(the drive model is 54098U8) and it says the cylinder/head/sector count is >79406/16/63. using /stand/sysinstall's fdisk option i tried to enter that >manually, but i get a warning saying my guess is your bios is incompatable with big drives --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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