From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 10:01:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6754616A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:01:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDBA043D3F for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:01:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i7VA1Qcl082919 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:01:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i7VA1FkE082478; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:01:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:01:15 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Fernan Aguero , Wojciech Puchar , FreeBSD Questions , Subhro Message-ID: <20040831100115.GA94536@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Fernan Aguero , Wojciech Puchar , FreeBSD Questions , Subhro References: <20040830141749.GA534@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <20040830223906.Y15234@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20040830211948.GK464@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040830211948.GK464@iib.unsam.edu.ar> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:01:26 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: maximum hard drive capacity supported? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:01:33 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 06:19:48PM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote: > Now, in my case I don't need the new and bigger disk to be > the bootable disk (i.e. I already have two drives that are > sliced, partitioned and working fine). I just need it to be > another disk to hold a /home or /scratch partition ... so > does it really matter what the BIOS sees?=20 In which case you're good to go. The BIOS need have no knowledge of a data drive. All the BIOS needs to do is read in the kernel and kick off the boot sequence. FreeBSD will scan all the devices on bootup and discover your new drive for itself. Cheers, Matthew=09 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBNExriD657aJF7eIRAi1lAJ9HC6IIkyL+H2YcUr1LIUGekIN4BQCfbOVr 4GNrAog/NuXPJnwNc67eVgc= =mJRv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--