From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 4 09:34:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04136 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:34:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from serveri.netti.fi (serveri.netti.fi [195.16.192.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA04122 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:34:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr) Received: from turkey.ispro.net.tr (dyn-1-040.tku.netti.fi [195.16.222.106]) by serveri.netti.fi (8.8.8/8.8.3) with ESMTP id TAA21696; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:32:11 +0300 Message-ID: <35C737F4.D22D4884@turkey.ispro.net.tr> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 19:33:56 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wu-Tang Forever CC: Ryan Turner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large hard drive References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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