From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 12 00:53:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12840 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:53:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12801 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:53:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA16669; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:23:01 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA28607; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:23:00 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980812172300.B28142@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:23:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Andriss , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Large drives (>8GB) References: <19980812104314.Z22754@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Andriss on Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 09:27:43PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 11 August 1998 at 21:27:43 -0500, Andriss wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 11 August 1998 at 15:52:11 -0500, Blake Freeburg wrote: >>> Hello FreeBSDers... >>> >>> I have a gigabyte motherboard which recognizes the new maxtor 11GB drive >>> that I have stuck in server. So far, so good, but the drive cannot be >>> configured greater than 8GB. >>> >>> Did I miss something? I have tried to set the values for in the >>> sysinstall program, so any info would be appreciated... >> >> The changes for >8GB didn't make it into 2.2.7. They're in -stable >> now. > > Does it mean that when I get my 2.2.7 CD's, they won't > be able to read drives bigger than 8 gig without > applying patches? > > Please give me any additional information on this, if you can. The 2.2.7 CDs won't be able to handle more than 8 GB. After you get them, you will have to upgrade to -stable and rebuild the kernel. After that you will be able to access the rest of the disk. Does anybody out there have an install diskette which includes the fix? If so, please let yourself be known. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message