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Date:      Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:55:03 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        topaz <ilovefd@topaz.plala.or.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD4.5 release supports bigLBA( over 136GB HDD)?
Message-ID:  <20031003135503.GA13624@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <001701c389b4$c7496360$1501a8c0@ilovefdxp>
References:  <001701c389b4$c7496360$1501a8c0@ilovefdxp>

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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 10:46:42PM +0900, topaz wrote:
> Dear Sirs
> 
> I have been using FreeBSD4.5 as a File server.
> 
> I like to use 200GB  IDE HDD(WD 2000)  with FreeBSD4.5.
> 
> BIOS supports bigLBA.
> 
> Does  FreeBSD4.5 support big LBA/

The release notes for 4.5 says:

   The ata(4) driver now has support for 48-bit addressing. Devices
   larger than 137GB are now supported.

So the answer would seem to be Yes.

> 
> If not, which release of FreeBSD can support bigLBA?

-- 
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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