Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:35:54 -0400 From: Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.4Gb IDE Drive Limit Message-ID: <3D9B4A9A.A670975A@ieee.org> References: <3D9B37EE.C7FDE801@ieee.org>
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Matthew Donadio wrote: > I have an old Pentium Pro system that I would like to install FreeBSD > 4.6.2 on. Unfortunately, its BIOS has the 8.4Gb limit, and I can't find > an upgrade for it. The only drive I have available is a new Maxtor 40Gb > unit. I can boot and install from the CD-ROM, and everything is OK, but > I cannot get it to boot on its own. I have tried some of the > suggestions in the FAQ, but I still cannot get it to work. > > Any ideas would be appreciated (or if anybdy knows a source of new > <8.4Gb drives). Thanks. I should add that I would be happy (I think) if I could boot from CD, and have that image mount my disk. I'm not sure how to go about doing this, especially since I can't boot into my FreeBSD system right now. Thanks. -- Matthew Donadio (m.p.donadio@ieee.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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