Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:35:11 -0800 From: "Michael J. Ruhl" <mruhl@cisco.com> To: Rich Wilson <rwilson@gvpl.victoria.bc.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 8.4 gig HD limit Message-ID: <36A516AF.1E2EB8A7@cisco.com> References: <Pine.3.87.9901191531.A21061-0100000@gvpl>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------752E56A3556A2F409A93E5D8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From previous conversations I have had on this list, 2.2.8 supports disks bigger than 8.4. Anything before that needs to upgrade to 2.2.8 to get that support. :) Mike Rich Wilson wrote: > > I'm trying to use all of a 13 gig Western Digital HD (ACA313000), and I'm > running into the magic 8.4 gig limit. I searched the mail archives, and > found an "I'm not sure if 2.2.7 has fixed that". I created a partition > table with more sectors (25165824 instead of the 16514064 that fdisk > reported) but disklabel wouldn't let me specify more than 16514064 sectors. > > I am using 2.2.7-RELEASE. Any pointers would be appreciated. > > __o > -\<, Rich Advertisements and attachments will be deleted unread. > O/ O > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------752E56A3556A2F409A93E5D8 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mruhl.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Michael J. Ruhl Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mruhl.vcf" begin:vcard n:Ruhl;Michael J. tel;fax:(831) 457-5208 tel;work:(831) 457-5423 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.employees.org/~mruhl org:Cisco Systems;Cisco by the Sea adr:;;101 Cooper St.;Santa Cruz;California;95060;U.S.A. version:2.1 email;internet:mruhl@cisco.com title:Tall Blonde Guy x-mozilla-cpt:;-21152 fn:Michael J. Ruhl end:vcard --------------752E56A3556A2F409A93E5D8-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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