From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 14 14:36:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pdxpo.dsl-only.net (sub16-3.member.dsl-only.net [63.105.16.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BAB737B403 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:36:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pdxmax@dsl-only.net) Received: from tabor.office.archimedesoft.com (unverified [63.105.19.225]) by pdxpo.dsl-only.net (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.4) with ESMTP id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:31:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:36:11 -0700 From: Tabor Kelly X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.49) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 Reply-To: Tabor Kelly X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <10478644074.20010814143611@dsl-only.net> To: "Doug Reynolds" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "clabrown@granitepost.com" Subject: Re[2]: Old PC + Big IDE HD = Booting? In-reply-To: <20010814213054.A2F2137B40F@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20010814213054.A2F2137B40F@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Promise makes an ISA add in card that allows you to use large IDE drives with your existing controller. I purchased one for ~$20. On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, 2:28:33 PM, Doug wrote: 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message