From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 18:41:23 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 283FB16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:41:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postbode03.zonnet.nl (postbode03.zonnet.nl [62.58.50.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5AC43D31 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:41:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@fstaals.homeunix.org) Received: (qmail 2698 invoked by uid 10); 15 Jun 2004 18:40:42 -0000 Received: (vexira-qq 02666-402CB8C1 invoked from network) 15 Jun 2004 20:40:42 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO fstaals.homeunix.org) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by postbode03.zonnet.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 15 Jun 2004 18:40:42 -0000 Message-ID: <40CF429C.9080304@fstaals.homeunix.org> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:40:28 +0200 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20040505 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040615171056.7CD1C16A506@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040615171056.7CD1C16A506@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.25.0.62; VDF: 6.25.0.96; host: postbode02.zonnet.nl) Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 65, Issue 7 Question 10 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, 15 Jun 2004 18:41:23 -0000 freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: >Message: 10 >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:26:05 +0900 >From: Rob >Subject: 160 Gb Harddisk: needs extra tweeking? >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Message-ID: <40CEF8ED.6070207@users.sourceforge.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > >Hi, > >I never had such a monster of a big harddisk; hence my question. > >I've got a 160 Gb Western Digital Harddisk (WD 1600 JB). > >It comes with a tiny CD-rom, about 8cm in diameter, entitled >"Data Lifeguard Tools". I don't know what to do with this CDrom. > >I am planning to use this harddisk as the only harddisk in >my PC and install FreeBSD (preferably version 5-Current) on it. >Will I encounter problems? Does it need extra tweeking? > >The Western Digital homepage says somewhere: "Hard drives larger than >137 GB require a controller card to utilize full drive capacity." >What does that mean? > > >Another question. The Western Digital homepage lists this about the harddisk: > Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host) > 100 MB/s (Mode 5 Ultra ATA) > 66.6 MB/s (Mode 4 Ultra ATA) > 33.3 MB/s (Mode 2 Ultra ATA) > 16.6 MB/s (Mode 4 PIO) > 16.6 MB/s (Mode 2 multi-word DMA) > >Do I have to tell this to the kernel somehow, or is this a BIOS thing? >Are there good reasons not to choose the fastest option "Mode 5" here? > > >Thanks for help and advice. > >Rob. > > What kind of computer are you planning to insert the harddisk? Here I have a 80 Gb Hard-disk in a Pentium 2. I had to update the BIOS settings so the computer would reconigze the Hard-drive. If you have a relative old computer I think you have to update the BIOS. good luck -- Frank Staals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Greatest pleasure in life is doing things people say you cannot do - Walter Bagehot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With questions or comment mail to Frank@FStaals.nl.eu.org