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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:14:08 +0100
From:      alive <alive@dienub.org>
To:        Christoper Tucker <tucker@claw.ees.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD, 160GB HD, and a Bios limitation
Message-ID:  <1195758848.20190.0.camel@buntub0x>
In-Reply-To: <20071119022443.H86095@claw.ees.com>
References:  <20071119022443.H86095@claw.ees.com>

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On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 02:27 -0700, Christoper Tucker wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I have a 600mhz PIII computer with an older BIOS that will not recognize
> my 160GB new HD that I installed for use with FreeBSD.
> 
> I can install FBSD if I limit the drive to 32GB, but before I settle with
> that, is there a way I can access the entire drive ... perhabs by using a
> smaller drive to install on, then by mounting the larger drive? Or is
> there a way I can do this by booting off a floppy/CD/compactflash media?
> 
> Thanks for any response!
> 
> Chris
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Hi Chris,
Update your BIOS. A lot of motherboards have BIOS upgrades that add
support for larger drives.




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