From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 27 13:18:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA14213 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:18:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA14119 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:17:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15703; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:16:29 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199803272116.WAA15703@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB In-Reply-To: from Bob Lash at "Mar 27, 98 12:47:23 pm" To: bob@wbs.net (Bob Lash) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:16:28 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message