Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:06:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill <bwoods2@uswest.net> To: Kim Scarborough <lists@jinx.unknown.nu> Cc: Bill <bwoods2@uswest.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a REAL OLD system help please Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007052105330.246-100000@alpha.gplsucks.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007052050350.69040-100000@jinx.unknown.nu>
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YES.....Thank you, Thank you!!! I will try that. I am NOT going to buy a new MB, If I buy anything, I will get a new system. Thanks On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Kim Scarborough wrote: > > Now, I do have some software that I got with the drive, to make old > > systems see large drives, Maxtor HD Max or something, but I am almost sure > > that wont work with freebsd. > > Not true! I ran into the same problem you did trying to put a 15 GB Maxtor > HD in an old Gateway 2000 P75. I installed the MaxBlast software and it > works great. In fact, this is being posted from the very box I refer to. > > What that software does is sit in your MBR and trick the BIOS into > thinking it's a smaller drive, sorta. But the OS will see the whole > thing. Since it loads before the OS, it's not OS-specific, and should work > with anything. It definitely works with FreeBSD. > > The only problem you might run into is if you're trying to put something > else in the MBR; i.e., some sort of bootloader. Make sure you select > "leave the MBR untouched" when you install FreeBSD. > > If you absolutely have to have something else in the MBR, like if this box > is going to dual-boot, there may still be hope for you. Nearly all BIOS > manufacturers make flash upgrades for their old models that will allow you > to use large HDs. It'll be a free download; the trick is finding it, since > nearly all manufacturer's web sites seem to have been created by > madmen. So you'll need to dig a bit. When you find it, you'll be able to > use your HD without that Maxtor software. But using MaxBlast is definitely > an easier solution. > > Whatever you do, please promise me you won't buy a new motherboard, like I > saw somebody suggesting here. That would just make me sad... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Kim Scarborough http://www.unknown.nu/kim/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when YOU fall in an open manhole > and die." > - Mel Brooks > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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