Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:45:03 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Subject: Re: maximum hard drive capacity supported? Message-ID: <b2807d0404083008155da5ffad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20040830141749.GA534@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20040830141749.GA534@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:17:49 -0300, Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> wrote: > Hi! > > I have a box built on a Soyo 6VBA133 motherboard. BIOS is > from Award, v4.51PG and the identifier from Soyo is > VBA-2BAB. > > Upon trying to buy a new hard drive (80 GB) I was asked > about the capabilities of my system, and I just thought that > these were needed to tell what kind the IDE (ATA) > capabilities. However, the vendor said that depending on the > BIOS the system might not be able to recognize a large disk. > > I'm now confused on the extent to which FreeBSD uses or > relies on the BIOS. I know that for PnP Windows does rely on > the BIOS, and it seems to me that FreeBSD does not. No thats not true. The BIOS is like a guide which introduces to the OS the different hardware available to the system. So even FreeBSD needs the BIOS to start the games up. > > With respect to this particular issue (max hard drive > capacity supported): is the BIOS limiting here? As you guessed, the limiting factor is your mo bo BIOS and not FreeBSD. How old is your BIOS? Generally any BIOS newer than 2 yrs can support upto 120G drives without any problems. > > Thanks in advance for the information, > > Fernan > > PS: please CC me since I'm not subscribed to the list (yet) > > PS2: I have not been able to find what is the maximum hard > drive capacity supported by my combination of mother and > BIOS. If some of you know where to find this, I'll very much > appreciate it if you can give me some clue. > > -- > Fernan Aguero - fernan at iib.unsam.edu.ar > Phone: +54 11 4580-7255/7 ext 310, Fax: +54 11 4752-9639 > Check http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan for more info. You could check the motherboard manufacturer site for the exact size of hdd that is supported but don't bet your house on it ;-) Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India
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