Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:10:47 -0800 From: Jerry Preeper <preeper@cts.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: WD 8.4GB hard drive question Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990118161047.04251070@crash.cts.com>
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I'm in the process of building a second system with both Win 95 and FreeBSD. I have noticed that when I try and use fdisk, it only shows the 8.4GB Western Digital Caviar hard drive as 504MB. According to Western Digital's web site, it looks like I need to use the EZ-Drive utility to be able to format and partition this disk. I have checked Asus' web site and been trying to download a new BIOS for the Asus P2L97S motherboard but Asus' ftp server has been down. I'm not sure if this will solve the problem with recognizing the size or not. My question is, should I keep trying and do the BIOS update first, or just use the EZ-Drive utility? Will either of these cause any problems on the FreeBSD side? I'm currently running 2.2.6-RELEASE and should be upgrading to 2.2.8-RELEASE soon. Thanks for any help. Jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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