From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 10 14:53: 5 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 4DE0537B401 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:53:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from fat_man.ascendency.net (12-250-130-72.client.attbi.com [12.250.130.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4602F43E6E for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from mike (adsl-64-109-250-131.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [64.109.250.131]) by fat_man.ascendency.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAAMpkW44398; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 16:51:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Reply-To: From: "Mike Loiterman" To: "'Marco Radzinschi'" Cc: Subject: RE: Adding additional HD space Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 16:49:12 -0600 Message-ID: <000f01c2890b$677c7350$0302a8c0@mike> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <20021110171702.I95943-100000@radzinschi.com> 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > The 10 GB Hard Disk should have a "BIOS Limitation" jumper that > will make the BIOS think it is a 508 MB drive. Set that jumper, > and the system should boot. I thought so too. I tried setting it, but I couldn't get it to boot. I guess the drive *could* be damaged, but I just pulled it out of a Windows box where it was working fine. It still has XP on it. Would that make a difference? I never reformatted it after I pulled it out. > Once you have that drive in there, you could create the file system > structure on it however you want, but place the / and /boot > partitions below 500 MB so that the system will boot when you take > out the old drive. Do you mean make the / and /boot partitions *less* then 500 MB or *below*. If you mean below, I'm not sure how to do that. > Note that you will have to tell fdisk the correct geometry of the > disk. I don't know how to do this or at least I don't remeber. > Otherwise, create the partitions exactly how you have them on your > 2 GB drive, making them larger as you wish, and dump + restore the > files from one disk to the other. When you say "dump + restore" you mean do a level 0 dump and then a restore? Is that correct? ........................................... Randomly Generated Quote: The moral of the story is: Kill the parents kill the children. Mike Loiterman PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E http://www.ascendency.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 Comment: Message digitally signed by Mike Loiterman iQA/AwUBPc7iZ2jZbUnRudGOEQLmGACg3Ql+Y6arFF74pECW1QUqTTqiCdQAoMx7 z0+lIzJj2pSAGxUP+w0eEbU1 =oMj+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message