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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:33:47 -0600
From: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD install doesn't see the whole disk
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Joe Halpin wrote:
> 
> I just put a new 30GB drive in my test machine (Maxtor IDE). When I
> tried to install, fdisk didn't get the drive size right. So I used the
> 'G' option and set the drive geometry manually. The summary at the top
> of the screen looked correct after that, but the 'C' create option
> apparently didn't get updated, and wouldn't let me create more than a
> 2GB partition.

A little more detail:

Both Windows and Linux installation programs recognised the disk size
correctly. The BIOS likewise gives the correct size and says it's in LBA
mode (which it is).

I had RedHat 7.1 installed on the disk previously. I first booted from a
4.5RC2 iso image I had successfully used before. Then I tried creating a
DOS partition and installing DOS first, then tried the 4.5RC2 CD again.
No go.

Then I downloaded new boot floppy images from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ 
but they had the same problem.

Joe

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