Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 22:07:45 -0400 From: "Mike Boto" <bl29x5@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Partition size Message-ID: <002701bfc06d$e2a510a0$6b57d03f@oemcomputer>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01BFC04C.544DDE20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recently replaced my 4.0 GB hard drive with a 15.3 GB one, and when = putting FreeBSD on it, found that I could only access roughly 2GB of the = entire disk. Now I had read about how this was a problem in various DOS = formats, as well as Win95A, but I didn't consider it a factor when using = the entire disk for a BSD install. Out of curiosity, I tried installing = Win98 (the only other operating system discs I had on hand) to see if it = was a hardware issue, but it recognized the entire drive with no = problems. I've been looking for a solution to this for an hour or so, = and I was hoping someone here could assist me on how to utilize the = entire drive. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01BFC04C.544DDE20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I recently replaced my 4.0 GB hard = drive with=20 a 15.3 GB one, and when putting FreeBSD on it, found that I could = only=20 access roughly 2GB of the entire disk. Now I had read about how = this was a=20 problem in various DOS formats, as well as Win95A, but I didn't consider = it a=20 factor when using the entire disk for a BSD install. Out of = curiosity, I=20 tried installing Win98 (the only other operating system discs I had = on=20 hand) to see if it was a hardware issue, but it recognized the entire = drive with=20 no problems. I've been looking for a solution to this for an hour = or so,=20 and I was hoping someone here could assist me on how to utilize the = entire=20 drive.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01BFC04C.544DDE20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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