From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 17:43:10 2003 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 ACE4137B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:43:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from lerlaptop.lerctr.org (lerlaptop.lerctr.org [207.158.72.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845ED43F75 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:43:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.lerctr.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h141h5X9000610; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:43:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 19:43:05 -0600 From: Larry Rosenman To: Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net, bhyde@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install Message-ID: <15780000.1044322985@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <31133.192.85.47.2.1044318316.squirrel@new.host.name> References: <31133.192.85.47.2.1044318316.squirrel@new.host.name> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --On Monday, February 03, 2003 16:25:16 -0800 Kevin Stevens wrote: >> I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I >> quickly followed the directions in >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- >> adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the >> resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected >> some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? > > How current is your motherboard? If it doesn't support the ATA-6 spec > there's a limit of 120-140GB (don't remember the details. LBA(aka LBA28) is limited to 128G (Base 2 GB)/137G (Base 10 GB). LBA48 is the new standard. LER > > KeS > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message