Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 10:59:00 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Carl Delsey <cdelsey@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fdisk recognizes 30GB hard drive as 2GB. Message-ID: <3B0805E4.4FCCC9F2@urx.com> References: <000901c0e0c8$e04b82e0$6501a8c0@HOME> <3B075168.B145FAA5@urx.com> <006001c0e147$19875100$6501a8c0@HOME>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Carl Delsey wrote: > > Thanks Kent. It looks like that is the problem. > > Unfortunately, it's not the solution. I've got an older motherboard, and the > BIOS locks up > without the jumper in place. I've reflashed the BIOS to the latest version > but it doesn't fix > the problem. The only time that has happened to me was when I tried to use "dangerously dedicated". I re-added a regular DOS style mbr and the bios didn't have problems with the drive. > > Still, there should be a way around the problem since Win98 fdisk can detect > the correct > size. > > I've tried to manually change the drive geometry within the FreeBSD > sysinstall fdisk > program but it doesn't have any effect on the available size. I don't have any idea about this. I've never had to do anything like this. There were a few systems in the past that people had to add a small DOS style partition and then FreeBSD could use the rest of the drive. Kent > > Carl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@urx.com> > To: "Carl Delsey" <cdelsey@home.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 10:08 PM > Subject: Re: Fdisk recognizes 30GB hard drive as 2GB. > > > > > > > Carl Delsey wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.3 onto a 32GB hard drive, but fdisk > keeps > > > thinking it is a 2GB drive. I've seen a number of messages in the > archives > > > for this mailing list of people having the same problem, but I couldn't > find > > > any solutions. Does anybody know if a solution to this problem has been > > > found or not? > > > > If it is an ide, make sure you don't have the pin shorted that makes it a > > 2gb drive. > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Carl > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com > > http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html > > FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3B0805E4.4FCCC9F2>