Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:33:19 +0000 From: Rahul Sawarkar <torahuls@vsnl.com> To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large IDE disk / old BIOS (Cyrille Lefevre) Message-ID: <4030B88F.9010008@vsnl.com> In-Reply-To: <20040215200041.3817E16A4D2@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040215200041.3817E16A4D2@hub.freebsd.org>
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The original recommendation of getting a bios update still applies. see:http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=Gkoys24h&p_lva=&p_faqid=1062&p_created=1023140877&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9Njg2JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li= Rgrds freebsd-config-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Send freebsd-config mailing list submissions to > freebsd-config@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-config > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-config-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-config-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-config digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Large IDE disk / old BIOS (Cyrille Lefevre) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 04:23:14 +0100 > From: "Cyrille Lefevre" <clefevre-lists@9online.fr> > Subject: Re: Large IDE disk / old BIOS > To: "Marcelo Souza" <mpsouza@centroin.com.br>, > <freebsd-config@freebsd.org> > Message-ID: <007601c3f373$eb8fbc00$7890a8c0@dyndns.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > "Marcelo Souza" <mpsouza@centroin.com.br> wrote: > >>I know it's an old question, but I couldn't find the answer for >>this case. >> >>Machine: Pentium MMX 233Mhz, BIOS from 1997, hanging to recognize >>the 120GB IDE disk. >>I had to close that 32GB limit jumper on disk, to continue >>the boot. >> >>Q: How to make FreeBSD recognize the total disk capacity? >> >>Trying FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE. > > > depending on your drive manufacturer, install a disk-manager > such as maxtor's MaxBlast > (http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm) > which upgrade your BIOS on the fly at boot time. > > take care, while installing a disk-manager, all your drive > datas will be destroyed since the drive needs to be > reformated. > > PS : to install MaxBlast, you need at leat one Mastor drive > on your machine. usually, a floppy disk containing the > drive manufacturer disk manager is given w/ your drive. > if not, it is installed on the drive and should be backup > before reformatting the drive... if your drive manufacturer > don't give you a disk manager, take a look at ez-drive > from Micro House (which seems to be dead !) or ontrack > (http://www.ontrack.com/diskmanager). > > Regards, > > Cyrille Lefevre.
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