Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 19:33:56 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr> To: Wu-Tang Forever <nellie@home.com> Cc: Ryan Turner <freebsd@vt.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large hard drive Message-ID: <35C737F4.D22D4884@turkey.ispro.net.tr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808032101040.227-100000@cc219337-a.lwmrn1.pa.home.com>
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I do not think that 11gb HDD would be 8gb after formatted... but I have heard that 2.2.6 version of FreeBSD does not support hard drives more than 8gb's the 3.0current is supporting though... maybe 2.2.7 version does not support too? Wu-Tang Forever wrote: > Progress takes away what forever took to find -dmb > > On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Ryan Turner wrote: > > > I just finished downloading 2.2.7, but it detects my 11.5 gig hard drive as > > a 8 gig. I am using a Maxtor 91152D8. It is set up for LBA mode in the bios. > > > > The bios is set for 1401/255/63 and show 11524MB. > > The setup program shows 16383/16/63 and 8063MB. > > The partition part of the setup program show 1027/255/63. > > > > What should my bios disk geometry be set for? I would really like to be > > able to use all of the drive. > > Perhaps it is because that the HD is 8 gigs after it is formatted? My 9.1 > gig shows as 8 after it is formatted, and my 4.3 shows as 3.6 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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