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Date:      Sun, 20 May 2001 11:23:52 -0700
From:      "Carl Delsey" <cdelsey@home.com>
To:        "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Fdisk recognizes 30GB hard drive as 2GB.
Message-ID:  <004701c0e15a$06f994e0$6501a8c0@HOME>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105201054410.31966-100000@q.closedsrc.org>

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My BIOS gives me 3 choices: Normal, Large, and LBA. It makes no difference
which I try.

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org>
To: "Carl Delsey" <cdelsey@home.com>
Cc: <kstewart@urx.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Fdisk recognizes 30GB hard drive as 2GB.


> On 2001-05-20, Carl Delsey scribbled:
>
> # 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.
>
> Just out of curiosity... is there a setting in your BIOS to set your
> hard drive in LBA or CHS mode? If so, have you tried it in LBA mode?
>
> <shrug>
>
> --
> Linh Pham
> [lplist@closedsrc.org]
>
> // 404b - Brain not found
>
>
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