From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 14 14:30:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2F2137B40F for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:30:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mav@wastegate.net) Received: (qmail 9104 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2001 21:32:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (209.166.136.85) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 14 Aug 2001 21:32:13 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "clabrown@granitepost.com" Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:28:33 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: Old PC + Big IDE HD = Booting? Message-Id: <20010814213054.A2F2137B40F@hub.freebsd.org> 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 On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 00:52:08 -0500, Clarence Brown wrote: >> Anyways installation was succesfull and I'm able to boot that >> drive from >> a newer computer. I got that HD to the boot loader too from >> the old PC >> by manually configuring it to look like a 8GB drive. However >> when I see >> the boot prompt and try pressing F1 the computer beeps once and then >> completely freezes. >> >> Is there any way to get that thing up and running with a bigger disk >> than 8GB? I tried booting it with grub too, but I'm not familiar with >> it, anyways it crashed too after typing 'kernel /boot/loader' >> which is >> why a think it's crashing in the loader not in grub or >> easyboot. So is >> there any bootloader available that could scan the disks data >> for itself >> and pass them to the loader? >> >> Any suggestions on getting it to boot are welcome. >> >> Thanks >> Edvard >> > >You might try replacing the hard drive controller with >an add-in drive controller that supports all the new >standards. In the past I have had success adding large >disks to older mother boards by doing this. the only problem with that is most new ata66&ata100 add-on cards (ie promise/maxtor) require PCI 2.1, and dont always play nice with older pci boards. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message