Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:43:57 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> To: Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8.4Gb IDE Drive Limit Message-ID: <200210021944.g92JhwWZ006566@axp.csl.sri.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Donadio <m.p.donadio@ieee.org> of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:35:54 EDT." <3D9B4A9A.A670975A@ieee.org>
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Matt, How did you partition the 40Gb drive? - Mike > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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