From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 14 8:56:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from DiXi.ICnet.UKRPACK.NET (DiXi.ICnet.UKRPACK.NET [212.1.97.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708DB152B4 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:54:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from og@ICnet.UKRPACK.NET) Received: from localhost (og@localhost) by DiXi.ICnet.UKRPACK.NET (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA00228; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:51:12 +0300 (EEST) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:51:12 +0300 (EEST) From: Oleg Galenok To: dono Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: >2.1GB EIDE disks on old BIOS? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1514864507-924105072=:220" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-1514864507-924105072=:220 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Here's the situation: I have an old 486DX2/66 with a PhoenixBIOS dating > back to (I believe August) '94 (specifically, it's a Packard Bell Legend > 61CD with an identical replacement BIOS from Micro Firmware). Currently, > it has a IBM DeskStar 2.1GB and a Western Digital Caviar 1.6GB (both > EIDE). I want to get rid of those two drives, and put in one 6-8GB disk. ok, i'm installed 2.2.5-RELEASE on Epson ActionTower3000 with Phoenix BIOS since 1994 with 486dx4-100/24mb and use Fujitsu MPC3064AT - 6.4Gb IDE HDD it's a mail, ftp and web - server 24/7 all working just fine :) > > Would my BIOS support it? i think (expect) yes, use "auto" in BIOS HDD settings. to support drives >8Gb use 2.2.6 or latest RELEASE. /// cheers, og. p.s. dmesg attached --0-1514864507-924105072=:220 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=DM Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Q29weUNvcHlyaWdodCAoYykgMTk5Mi0xOTk3IEZyZWVCU0QgSW5jLg0KQ29w eXJpZ2h0IChjKSAxOTgyLCAxOTg2LCAxOTg5LCAxOTkxLCAxOTkzDQoJVGhl IFJlZ2VudHMgb2YgdGhlIFVuaXZlcnNpdHkgb2YgQ2FsaWZvcm5pYS4gIEFs bCByaWdodHMgcmVzZXJ2ZWQuDQoNCkZyZWVCU0QgMi4yLjUtUkVMRUFTRSAj MDogV2VkIEFwciAxNCAxNjo1Njo0MyBFRVNUIDE5OTkNCiAgICBvZ0BEaVhp Oi91c3Ivc3JjL3N5cy9jb21waWxlL0RJWEkNCkNQVTogQU1EIEVuaGFuY2Vk IEFtNDg2RFg0IFdyaXRlLVRocm91Z2ggKDQ4Ni1jbGFzcyBDUFUpDQogIE9y aWdpbiA9ICJBdXRoZW50aWNBTUQiICBJZCA9IDB4NDg0ICBTdGVwcGluZz00 DQogIEZlYXR1cmVzPTB4MTxGUFU+DQpyZWFsIG1lbW9yeSAgPSAyNTQyNzk2 OCAoMjQ4MzJLIGJ5dGVzKQ0KYXZhaWwgbWVtb3J5ID0gMjI3MTIzMjAgKDIy MTgwSyBieXRlcykNClByb2JpbmcgZm9yIGRldmljZXMgb24gdGhlIElTQSBi dXM6DQpzYzAgYXQgMHg2MC0weDZmIGlycSAxIG9uIG1vdGhlcmJvYXJkDQpz YzA6IFZHQSBjb2xvciA8MTYgdmlydHVhbCBjb25zb2xlcywgZmxhZ3M9MHgw Pg0KZWQwIGF0IDB4MjgwLTB4MjlmIGlycSA1IG9uIGlzYQ0KZWQwOiBhZGRy ZXNzIDAwOjAwOjIxOjZhOjczOjQ2LCB0eXBlIE5FMjAwMCAoMTYgYml0KSAN CnNpbzAgYXQgMHgzZjgtMHgzZmYgaXJxIDQgb24gaXNhDQpzaW8wOiB0eXBl IDE2NDUwDQpzaW8xIGF0IDB4MmY4LTB4MmZmIGlycSAzIG9uIGlzYQ0Kc2lv MTogdHlwZSAxNjQ1MA0KbHB0MCBhdCAweDM3OC0weDM3ZiBpcnEgNyBvbiBp c2ENCmxwdDA6IEludGVycnVwdC1kcml2ZW4gcG9ydA0KbHAwOiBUQ1AvSVAg Y2FwYWJsZSBpbnRlcmZhY2UNCnBzbTAgbm90IGZvdW5kIGF0IDB4NjANCmZk YzAgYXQgMHgzZjAtMHgzZjcgaXJxIDYgZHJxIDIgb24gaXNhDQpmZDA6IDEu NDRNQiAzLjVpbg0Kd2RjMCBhdCAweDFmMC0weDFmNyBpcnEgMTQgb24gaXNh DQp3ZGMwOiB1bml0IDAgKHdkMCk6IDxGVUpJVFNVIE1QQzMwNjRBVD4NCndk MDogNjE4N01CICgxMjY3MjQ1MCBzZWN0b3JzKSwgMTM0MTAgY3lscywgMTUg aGVhZHMsIDYzIFMvVCwgNTEyIEIvUw0KbnB4MCBmbGFncyAweDEgb24gbW90 aGVyYm9hcmQNCm5weDA6IElOVCAxNiBpbnRlcmZhY2UNCg== --0-1514864507-924105072=:220-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message