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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Chris, Update your BIOS. A lot of motherboards have BIOS upgrades that add support for larger drives.
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