Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:06:41 +0400 From: Igor Roboul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: FSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BIOS unsupported HDDs Message-ID: <20001009170641.A5519@linux.rainbow> In-Reply-To: <39E1BCA9.488B6626@ispchannel.com>; from mhumm@ispchannel.com on Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 07:40:09AM -0500 References: <39E0BEEB.BC95C300@ispchannel.com> <20001009093531.G4647@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> <39E1BCA9.488B6626@ispchannel.com>
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On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 07:40:09AM -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > 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? Oh, your BIOS knows nothing about your TNT2 :-) It still thinks that it can support only 80x43 in extended EGA mode :-) But about drives. I think if you'll insert your new 20GB hdd into old PC with 386sx, even FreeBSD 5-CURRENT will not help you :-( So. You can forget about LBA etc with FreeBSD or Linux. You can forget about BIOS upgrades. But you need to have reasonable new MB. -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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