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Date:      Sat, 16 Nov 1996 14:31:01 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Brian V. McGroarty" <brianmcg@mcs.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   TekRAM IDE volume >4gig
Message-ID:  <199611162031.OAA19893@Kitten.mcs.com>

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I've got a TekRAM IDE controller which will link two IDE drives and lie to
the hardware, telling it there is but one volume which is as large as the
two were.

Unfortunately, this seems to present a problem for FreeBSD.  The
installation software seems to understand the large drive, and it will
install to it without complaint.  When I go to boot from that drive the
loader locks up tight.

I have noticed that when the installation floppy is trying to mount various
controllers to see what hardware is there, it claims to see a volume that's
a bit over 700mb where the 4.9gb volume should reside.

Any clues as to how to get this puppy to boot?

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