Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:08:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu> To: Jason <jvanbrec@UU.NET> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Drives (IBM) reporting incorrect size on install Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909210859520.14200-100000@soso.eecs.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909210100240.4267-100000@gort.corp.us.uu.net>
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IBM drives usually have a 2GB jumper. Check if you have that installed. When it is, it will report that the disk is 2GB to deal with those old BIOS problems. Nathan > I am trying to install freebsd 3.3 and the problems I am running into are: > The IBM DDRS-34560 reports 2gig when in fact it is 4.5 (scsi) > The Maxtor drive is IDE 17gig which is only reporting 4gig > I am using an adaptec 2940uw, on an Abit bp6 dual celeron 366. > I have tried messing with the bios of the scsi card, made far too many > changes, to no avail, I have wiped the drives clean, tried using pfdisk to > modify the geometry by hand. Nothing is working, and I am out of ideas. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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