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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:10:39 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Antoine EMERIT <antoine.emerit@netlink.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 45GB IDE drive limitation (FreeBSD .4) ?
Message-ID:  <39AA9D0F.FFC162AE@urx.com>
References:  <024301c01110$2b8f62a0$290aa8c0@netlink.fr>

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Antoine EMERIT wrote:
> 
> I've installed and format a 45GB IDE drive on FreeBSD 3.4.
> 
> It seems to work but when I write on the biggest partition (41GB) it reboot
> (and report then many fs problems).
> 
> The disk is well detected (geometry ok) at boot time.
> 
> Is there any partition or disk size limitation with IDE drive ?

The largest is ~33.4GB. You probably should be using 4.1 since it will
handle the drive and it also doesn't have the 1024 cylinder boot
problem.

Kent

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