From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 5 12:43:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from menno.bethelks.edu (menno.bethelks.edu [198.248.162.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D041F14CF9 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:43:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ladd@menno.bethelks.edu) Received: from localhost (ladd@localhost) by menno.bethelks.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA01345; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:41:16 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:41:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Ladd J Epp To: Mark Cc: Thomas David Rivers , dsj@engunx.unl.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (no subject) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Humm... Could this be the reason why my 10.1 Gig drive is only recognized as like a 9.5 Gig drive in my OS, or does the OS need .6 Gig for addressing and system information, etc..? ~Ladd On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Mark wrote: > > > The maximum size of drive on your older 486 is likely 8.4 GIG.. > > ..but will most likely require a BIOS update to work. This was the case > with my Pentium 133, which could only access a 3 GIG drive until the BIOS > was updated. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > Mark Rekai - INetU, Inc.(tm) - http://www.INetU.net > Electronic commerce - Web development - Web hosting > maxiter@INetU.net - Phone: (610) 266-7441 > > > > > > > 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