Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:26:57 CDT From: dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (Freebsd doesn't see disks larger than 8gb; was: "No Subject") Message-ID: <200104301225.FAA06953@snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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I seem to remember that non BX intel motherboards <pre BX> don't recognize more than 8GB in the BIOS. I think linux had some kind of workaround for this <not use the BIOS :)> You may be experiencing a similar problem. I have a 15 GB drive :) Dave On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Nathan Vidican wrote: > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:07:56 -0400 > To: Anton Alin-Adrian <alanton@home.ro> > From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> > Subject: Re: (Freebsd doesn't see disks larger than 8gb; was: "No > Subject") > > Anton Alin-Adrian wrote: > > > > First of all, thank you for your kindness.. What i mean is i know > freebsd > > does not see a hdd bigger then 8GB. Sure you can't on a Mac :). > > I beg your pardon? I've got several 60Gig ATA100 disks running under > FreeBSD. What do you mean it doesn't see an HDD bigger than 8Gig? If > using the mylex RAID (ml) then the system cannot boot off of a disk > using the 8gig geometry; but it can most certainly 'see' larger disks > than 8gb! > > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://home.wmptl.com/ > > 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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