Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:44:08 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: xaero@xaerolimit.net, nightrecon@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop Message-ID: <4d1a8458.23S2NPO4Qfjsfd%2Bn%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin3Ov_ZN3W0NW28csGE1YzQiR_YYbXyLyczmOjc@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimNwCqF%2Bp0SG_oTNwT5TjOFyEHsFAGusj9dOn5X@mail.gmail.com> <ifc34c$ld5$1@dough.gmane.org> <AANLkTin3Ov_ZN3W0NW28csGE1YzQiR_YYbXyLyczmOjc@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> wrote: > ... could this be the fact that this is a really large > drive and the bios is 'freaking' out (for lack of a better > term) and not properly presenting the disk to the system? ... > The disk is a different spindle-speed then the old one. > > [..] > 250G -> 5400RPM > 750G -> 7200RPM > [..] The RPM is unlikely to be a factor, but the BIOS could well be having trouble with the size / geometry. It might help to let sysinstall use different dimensions "for compatibility with older BIOS."
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