Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:56:55 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does BSD support LBA mode? Message-ID: <320FEEF7.793@ime.net> References: <199608121408.LAA01714@tijuca.ravel.ufrj.br>
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Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria wrote: > > Randall Hopper was saying that, > ] >Hi I just purchased a copy of FreeBSD on CD and found it won't boot with > ] >my computer. My question is: does FreeBSD support harddisk LBA mode? I > ] >tried to install it with a 270MB and a 800MB hd and both won't boot. If > ] >BSD really doesn't support LBA mode what should I do? Without LBA my > ] >computer won't see harddisk >528 MB. > ] > ] I can confirm that FreeBSD works fine with BIOS LBA. I have two versions > ] of FreeBSD installed on my machine. One at the back of a 1.2 Gig EIDE > ] disk, and one at the end of a 1.6Gig EIDE disk. The second install, by the > ] way, is completely above 528MB. Been running this setup for over a year > ] without any problems. > ] > ] Randall Hopper > ] rhh@ct.picker.com > ] > ] > > I have a question about LBA.. > > I've heard that LBA works fine for HDs < 2Gbytes. But the vendors of > >2Gbytes drives says that they work with LBA. > > Will those drives ( >2Gbytes, like 2.5G or 3.1G) work with FreeBSD, or > they use those "DiskManager" drivers to work with DOS/Windows.:( > > Has anyone used one of those? > FreeBSD in itself has no problems with large drives! Dos/Windows does! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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