From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 13 9:20: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0246A37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:20:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost.highway.co.uk (mailhost.highway.co.uk [194.200.10.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A6843E4A for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:20:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davidg@pipex.net) Received: from [172.31.20.182] (172.31.20.182 [172.31.20.182]) by mailhost.highway.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id YVVA4XRN; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:19:24 -0000 Subject: Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB From: David Gethings To: John Bleichert Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1039799716.11203.84.camel@trigger.highway.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 13 Dec 2002 17:15:17 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 14:41, John Bleichert wrote: > This can't be a bug or limitation in FreeBSD's fdisk, it must be a quirk > in your hardware (we've all seen them hehe!). Since 4.5, I've had FreeBSD > installed on several boxes with enormous hard drives in various > partitioning schemes without a glitch. > > I had issues once with OpenBSD wanting to be on a smaller partition, but > never with FreeBSD. Ah! Didn't think of that. I know it's a Maxtor something-or-other, I'll have to have a look to work out the exact model. Once I've done that I'll check the hardware compatability list. Cheers Dg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message