Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 21:31:14 PST From: BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com To: Jean-Marc BOTTURA <bottura@speedy.grolier.fr>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: geometry problem with 4GB micropolis Message-ID: <9609118450.AA845091929@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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In my experience, any geometry that gets the system to boot is OK. After the kernel loads, the sd driver takes over and sees the SCSI drive as a linear array of blocks -- no geometry information needed. Your best bet is to install the FreeBSD Boot Manager, which virtually any BIOS will load. It will take over the boot process from the BIOS, and it does not have the BIOS's limitations. I just used this technique to install a 2.5 GB IDE drive on an older 486 machine. The machine's BIOS couldn't even fathom a drive that large, and the manufacturer said it would never work.... But it did. --Brett
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