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Subject: Re: BIOS unsupported HDDs
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* Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com> writes:

> 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:


FreeBSD (I think) does not use the BIOS for much information.  Case in
point, I have a 17.2G HD that my BIOS probes as 8G.  FreeBSD sees the
entire drive and I am using just fine as my primary master (so, yes, I
am booting fine off the drive.)

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Jonathan Fosburgh
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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX


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