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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 2000 13:38:36 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Dragos Ruiu <dr@dursec.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More 40gig drive problems
Message-ID:  <20000604133836.C85628@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <00060321035701.00370@kyxbot.zorg>
References:  <00060321035701.00370@kyxbot.zorg>

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On Saturday,  3 June 2000 at 21:00:36 -0700, Dragos Ruiu wrote:
> Asus P2-99 - celeron 433
> Maxtor 40Gb drive with the "cylinder limit jumper in" to get past BIOS lockup.
> FreeBSD 4.0 Install CD on ATAPI CDROM
>
> Gets as far as probing devices... and it definitely may take some
> time as the on-screen message warns - potentially infinite it seems.

Are you saying the system locks up?  If so, it would help to state so
explicitly.

> Anybody run into this and successfully overcome it?

How are the BIOS settings for this drive?  It should be LBA.

Greg
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