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Date:      Sun, 8 Oct 2000 12:29:30 -0500
From:      Jim Graham <jim@n5ial.gnt.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        cyberhawk@home.com, robert.shea@onlinecables.com, zeus@tetronsoftware.com
Subject:   FIXED:  FreeBSD 4.1.1 refuses to see 30GB hard drive as > 2GB
Message-ID:  <20001008122930.B15458@n5ial.gnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001007213350.A2124@n5ial.gnt.net>; from Jim Graham on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 09:33:50PM -0500
References:  <20001007213350.A2124@n5ial.gnt.net>

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On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 09:33:50PM -0500, Jim Graham wrote:
> I've just attempted to add a Maxtor MXT 53073H4 30.7GB hard drive
> to my system.  Unfortunately, no matter what I do, FreeBSD 4.1.1
> insists that it's only 2014 MB.

Warren Block sent me an e-mail off of the list with THE ANSWER.  Per
Warren's e-mail, I checked to see if there was a J46 (which a different
section of the hard drives specs identifies as the "cylinder limitation
jumper"), and remove it.  Sure enough, that fixed the problem:

ad1: 29311MB <Maxtor 53073H4> [59554/16/63] at ata0-slave using UDMA66

Yes, that's more like it.  :-)

Perhaps this should find its way into the FAQ (under troubleshooting,
if nothing else)?

Thanks to all,
   --jim

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