Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:16:28 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: bob@wbs.net (Bob Lash) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB Message-ID: <199803272116.WAA15703@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980327121234.24636A-100000@webchat2.wbs.net> from Bob Lash at "Mar 27, 98 12:47:23 pm"
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In reply to Bob Lash who wrote:
> I put three 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE drives on my freeBSD 2.2.5
> machine, and BIOS correctly identifies the drives as 12 GB, but freeBSD
> thinks they are only 8.4 GB:
>
> BIOS (LBA Mode ON): 23,361 cyl / 16 heads / 63 sectors per track
>
> ==> 23,547,888 sectors (X 512 bytes/sec = 12.0 GB)
>
> freeBSD FDISK shows: 1078 cyl / 243 heads / 63 sec per track
>
> ==> 16,503,102 sectors (X 512 bytes/sec = 8.4 GB)
Have you tried it with the BIOS in CHS mode ??
> When I manually enter the correct geometry into FDISK (23361/16/63), it
> correctly computes the number of sectors for 12 GIG (23,547,888), but
> unfortunately still behaves as though there were no more than 8.4 GIG
> available --- the (C)reate option maxes out at 16514001 sectors.
>
> Is freeBSD actually limited to 8.4 GIGs per IDE drive?
> =====================================================
No it shouldn't be..
> P.S. These 12 GIG drives only cost $80 more than their 8 GIG
> counterparts, so its not the end of the world if 8 GIGs is the
> limit. Still, having the extra space would be awesome... :) :)
Send me one, and I'll make it work :)
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