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Date:      Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:38:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Help - 10.1 GB IDE disk
Message-ID:  <199811150838.AAA00459@quack.kfu.com>

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I am running 2.2.7-RELEASE. I have a 10.1GB IDE drive. The BIOS sees the
whole disk, but FreeBSD reports:

wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <WDC AC310100B>
wd0: 8063MB (16514064 sectors), 16383 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S

I labeled the disk in the 'dangerously dedicated' way. The disk
manufacturer's web site says that OSes have to understand some sort
of BIOS extension in order to work with drives bigger than 8.4G.

Is there a fix or will I always be a gig and a half short?

Thanks in advance.


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