From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Apr 29 13:26:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [209.21.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3BB15257 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:26:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA15312; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:25:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:25:46 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive X-Sender: ksmm@kalypso.cybercom.net To: "Gary D. Margiotta" Cc: FreeBSD Hardware List Subject: Re: Large IDE Drives In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I had a similar problem with an 8 GB hard drive that was fixed by flashing my motherboard's BIOS with an update. As long as the BIOS works, FreeBSD 2.2.8+ and 3.x shouldn't have any problems with it. I believe versions earlier than 2.2.8 will have to be patched. K.-- On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Gary D. Margiotta wrote: : Hello, : : Just a quick question... : : A while back, I remember someone having a problem with a 12 GB Bigfoot IDE : drive and FBSD not being able to see it. : : I am thinking of purchasing 17+ GB drives (20 or 25 GB is a possibility), : and was wondering as long as the BIOS on my machine sees it correctly, : will FBSD have a problem with it? : : If you are wondering, I want mass storage, and IDE is much cheaper when : you aren't concerned with speed... : : Thanks in advance! : : ______________________________________________________________ : -Gary Margiotta Voice: (973) 835-7855 : TBE Internet Services Fax: (973) 835-4755 : http://www.tbe.net E-Mail: gary@tbe.net : : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message