Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 09:19:27 -0700 (MST) From: <so14k@so14k.com> To: <freebsd-net@epcdirect.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Hard Drive size not correctly being Detected on Dell 8100 Message-ID: <16642.199.201.236.2.1049559567.squirrel@mail.so14k.com> In-Reply-To: <002801c2fb57$f4422fa0$c80aa8c0@lfarr> References: <56193.12.211.226.151.1049515942.squirrel@mail.so14k.com> <002801c2fb57$f4422fa0$c80aa8c0@lfarr>
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Nope, works just fine... this is a laptop btw. Brad > I've had the funny faces with broken drives/cables. Does it work OK in > Win2k? Ever make any funny clicking noises? > > Lawrence Farr > EPC Direct Limited > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of so14k@so14k.com >> Sent: 05 April 2003 05:12 >> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >> Subject: Hard Drive size not correctly being Detected on Dell 8100 >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I didn't recieve a response on freebsd-mobile, so I'm trying here. >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE or 5.0-RELEASE onto my Dell >> Inspirion 8100. I'mjust doing a Standard installation and >> when FDisk loads I >> get: >> >> Disk name: ad0 >> DISK Geometry: 88 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 1413720 sectors (690MB) >> >> So I go and manually change the drive geometry with the G >> option and it >> shows the windows 2000 NTFS partition as 692Mb instead of >> 9.76Gb that it >> really is. >> >> I found the HD model number with Google on someone elses >> dmesg and got the >> correct CHS: >> ad0: 28615MB <IC25N030ATDA04-0> [58140/16/63] >> >> This is what is shown before sysinstall launches, with the stuff in >> parentheses as ASCII characters: >> ad0: dma limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device >> ad0: 692MB <(smiley face black)C 5(smiley face >> white)0(heart)0(smiley face >> black)T@A 4!0> [1407/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 >> >> Thanks, >> Brad Davis >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>
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