Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:38:55 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: dick <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who's right? sysinstall or the bios Message-ID: <430305AF.1050804@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <004101c5a30b$f76e5ce0$b80ba8c0@nagual.st> References: <004101c5a30b$f76e5ce0$b80ba8c0@nagual.st>
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dick wrote: > So here's my dilemma: > > fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) > bios values: 65535/255/16 gives 514072MB (totally wrong) > > What to do? > Can the bios be so wrong? > What must I do? > The drive will also hold a copy of Win98se and WinXP/pro and I don't want any faults to happen by chosing the wrong values. Make a backup. Leave the BIOS untouched, install FreeBSD and ignore all warnings. Is the BIOS aware of handling large drives? (>128 GB) I usually set the value to "auto" in the BIOS and I never had any problems. Björn
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