From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 24 20:17:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from benge.graphics.cornell.edu (benge.graphics.cornell.edu [128.84.247.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E01714FFB; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 20:17:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mkc@benge.graphics.cornell.edu) Received: from benge.graphics.cornell.edu (mkc@localhost) by benge.graphics.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA78976; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 23:16:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mkc@benge.graphics.cornell.edu) Message-Id: <199912250416.XAA78976@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> To: Mike Smith Cc: "Brandon DeYoung" , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 36 GB IDE Hard Drives In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Smith of "Fri, 24 Dec 1999 18:15:39 PST." <199912250215.SAA17428@mass.cdrom.com> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 23:16:54 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> Are hard drives larger than 32 GB supported by Free BSD. I've had both = >> the 3.3 and 3.4 releases fail during the make New FS portion of the = >> install, when installing on a Maxtor 36 GB drive. > >There shouldn't be any issues with large drives, no. Since you don't >provide any details to qualify "fail", it's hard to guess where your >problems might lie. There's been discussion of this recently, I think on -questions. Those involved seemed to agree there is a newfs barrier at around 27 to 27.5 GB. Smaller works fine, larger fails. Based on that you should be able to partition your 36 GB and make it usable now. IIRC there is a new driver in the works that's supposed to solve the problem. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message