From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 0:15:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.netdirect.net (mail1.netdirect.net [209.212.192.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C708437C00A for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 00:15:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kim@simple-mail.com) Received: (from simplem@localhost) by pop.netdirect.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with UUCP id CAA22857 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 02:13:16 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: pop.netdirect.net: simplem set sender to kim@simple-mail.com using -f Received: from kim (adam.simple-mail.com [192.168.0.3]) by mail.simple-mail.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA12088 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 02:12:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kim@simple-mail.com) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20000703012958.00755990@192.168.0.1> X-Sender: kim@192.168.0.1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 01:29:58 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Kim J. Brand" Subject: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG after selecting every default choice in the partitioning and slicing of a new 10.2 GB WD HD, the install failes with an error message saying it couldn't swap to /dev/ad0s1... i changed the hard drive to a smaller 6.4 GB drive and it works. i searched the archives and found some references to large hard drives in LBA mode. i didn't notice a selection for that in the setup. but what i found allowed me to believe it should work. is there an option i'm missing? thanks, kim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message