From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 29 21:27:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.jaring.my (smtp2.jaring.my [192.228.128.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD6A337B422 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 21:27:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kar_alerts@mglorysb.com) Received: from svr.mgsb.domain ([202.187.194.33]) by smtp2.jaring.my (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f4U4RNZ13450; Wed, 30 May 2001 12:27:24 +0800 (MYT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: K Karthik Reply-To: kar_alerts@mglorysb.com Organization: Multimedia Glory Sdn Bhd To: Jason Oakley Subject: Re: Large Hard Drive Trouble Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:29:26 +0000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <200105301222.f4UCMMo07008@svr.mgsb.domain> In-Reply-To: <200105301222.f4UCMMo07008@svr.mgsb.domain> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01053012292600.06950@svr.mgsb.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 I have QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS40.0 - 40GB HDD, FreeBSD recognized only 38GB. I tried to format with other OSes like MS-Windows NT 4.0 which recognized only 35GB (NTFS). Right now, I am using the HDD with FreeBSD , the 2GB is hiding somehere. Kernel recognized: ad1: 38172MB [77557/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > From: Jason Oakley > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Large Hard Drive Trouble > Date: 30/05/2001 12:13:03 PM > > The 40Gb HDD I bought two weeks ago works fine. BIOS said it was 8Gb, but > when I installed FBSD, it said the drive had 38Gb free on one of the > partitions. > > > On Wed, 30 May 2001, Kyle Rollin wrote: > > ]:Vince: > ]: > ]:If the BIOS doesn't see the entire size of the drive, then neither will > ]:FreeBSD. > ]: > ]:Unless I'm wrong, you're stuck with 32GB... > ]: > ]:-Kyle Rollin > ]:klined@orbimus.dhs.org > ]: > ]:On Tue, 29 May 2001, Vince Valenti wrote: > ]: > ]:> Hello everybody, > ]:> > ]:> I just purchased a Maxtor 45GB hard drive to stick in one of my FreeBSD > ]:> boxes. It is an older motherboard, an Abit TX5 with the latest BIOS > ]:> revision. When I originally installed the drive, the computer would > hang ]:> when trying to detect the hard drive. I then installed the > Cylinder ]:> Limitation Jumper and it booted fine, but the BIOS only > detects the drive ]:> as a 32GB drive. I disabled the drive in the BIOS, > and booted to FreeBSD. ]:> This is what gets reported by the kernel: > ]:> > ]:> ad2: 32253MB [65531/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA33 > ]:> > ]:> What I'm wondering is, is it possible to use the entire capacity of the > ]:> drive, or am I limited to 32GB? If it is possible, what do I need to > do? ]:> > ]:> I really appreciate any help. > ]:> > ]:> Thanks, > ]:> > ]:> -- > ]:> Vince Valenti > ]:> > ]:> > ]:> 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 > ]: > > > ---------------------------- > You should be Banging Rocks! > http://www.bangrocks.com > _ > .oO(_)Oo. > > I'd far rather be happy > than right, any day. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -------- End of forwarded message -------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message