Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:54:26 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems installing 4.x on large disks Message-ID: <001001c093b4$6b31dc40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <002101c0938b$123d0520$6100000a@vladsempire.net>
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One last bit on the SCSI thing - there are _old_ SCSI adapters, like old aha1520 ISA adapters, that will convert the drive to a CHS that gets passed to BIOS - these will have problems with big disks. But, I should have been more clear that modern PCI scsi card bioses don't appear to have this as a problem, and they are standardized and tested under FreeBSD you might say, which is better than the mydrid of IDE/motherboard BIOS combinations out there. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Josh Paetzel > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 9:58 AM > To: Mike Meyer; Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Problems installing 4.x on large disks > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> > To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 11:37 AM > Subject: RE: Problems installing 4.x on large disks > > <snip> > > > > > This of course in *no way* detracts from what Ted said about large > > drives and BIOS problems. I'm just just not sure how SCSI helps > solve > > that problems, because I've never tried to install a huge SCSI drive > > on a system. > > > > Well, SCSI disks present themselves as a big list of sectors. There > are no geometry issues involved. > > Josh > > > > > <mike > > -- > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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