Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:23:39 +0200 From: "Antoine EMERIT" <antoine.emerit@netlink.fr> To: <kstewart@urx.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 45GB IDE drive limitation (FreeBSD .4) ? Message-ID: <025f01c01114$b6531450$290aa8c0@netlink.fr> References: <024301c01110$2b8f62a0$290aa8c0@netlink.fr> <39AA9D0F.FFC162AE@urx.com>
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From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> > > 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 So, I understand why there is a 32GB jumper on this hard disk (IBM 45GB, 7200RPM, 2MB cache). Is FreeBSD 4.1 stable (or near) ? Cheers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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