From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 14 18:09:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA28317 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:09:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (cyclops.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA28312 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:09:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA27823 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:08:47 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199808150108.NAA27823@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:08:48 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: large drives, old BIOS, IDE Controllers Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've been talking to my computer store (which doesn't know much about Unix) and searching the mail archives. I think I've found my solution. The "problem" is my machine is a 486/dx2 something. I'm installed a 5G drive. The shop figured I might not be able to use this drive as the BIOS won't handle more than the first 512M of the drive. Yet, what I've just read in the mail archives is that FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS. If so, my job is easy. At present, the machine has a CD-ROM and a 330M drive. Both are IDE and are running off the I/O board. I'm about to add a 5G drive. Problem: there's only 1 IDE connecter on my i/o board and none on the mother board. And I can't buy an i/board with two IDE connecters. None are available to be had. Any suggestions? I was planning to do this install this weekend. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message