From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 9 5:40:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2a.ispchannel.com (smtp.ispchannel.com [24.142.63.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0E137B66E for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 05:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ispchannel.com ([206.31.81.146]) by smtp2a.ispchannel.com (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 7d3764cdaca754bf8ae20adf0db2aa60) with ESMTP id <20001009124256.YJBT382.smtp2a@ispchannel.com>; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 05:42:56 -0700 Message-ID: <39E1BCA9.488B6626@ispchannel.com> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 07:40:09 -0500 From: Mark Hummel Organization: Innovative Solutions X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: FSD Subject: Re: BIOS unsupported HDDs References: <39E0BEEB.BC95C300@ispchannel.com> <20001009093531.G4647@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Odhiambo, 4.1.1 will recognize a 20 GB HDD even if the BIOS does not? That's amazing! How can an OS recognize hardware without consulting the BIOS? I'm anxious to read your reply, but in the mean time, I will begin preparing to upgrade my FBSD system to 4.1.1. BTW, is that version current or stable? Mark Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Mark Hummel [20001008 21:39]: > =>How (if it's possible at all) should I install a 20GB HDD to be used > =>with FBSD? In order for the BIOS to recognize the HDD, I have to use a > =>small program that came with the hard drive. I assume it "fakes-out" > =>the BIOS in order to recognize the entire HDD. Without it, the BIOS and > =>Win 98 only sees an 8GB drive. > => > =>I want to install FBSD and eventually do away with Windoze. I've also > =>checked for a BIOS update for my system, but none exist; I have the > =>most current one available. > > Get 4.1.1 > It will recognize that size. I've seen that in the list. > > => > =>Mark > => > => > => > =>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > =>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KENYA. > > Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. > -James Thurber To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message