From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 14 18:37: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B58737B4C5 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:37:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mark8 (hutch-320.hutchtel.net [206.10.68.20]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id UAA32661; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:36:57 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <01b401c04ead$39e82dc0$0200000a@vladsempire.net> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: , References: <3A0FAFE6.7FE7@axess.com> Subject: Re: Problem with large drives? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:39:06 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Sobotka" To: Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:09 AM Subject: Problem with large drives? > I'm trying to install from Power Pak v4 (April 2000) onto a recently > purchased 20.5-GB drive (WD205BARTL). The boot promptly gets lost and > defaults to fd0. The CD-ROM drive is a standard IDE ATAPI. If I feed > the process the floppies it wants, I get as far as the "probing: this > may take a while..." screen before the system locks after what sounds > like a drive check. A search of your lists/archives for "20.5 GB" and > "large drive" turned up a number of messages that are "inaccessible"; > didn't notice anything about this in the FAQ either. > > The BIOS on this machine has been updated for > 8.4 GB support and I > already have several other operating systems up and running. Also, > before buying the Power Pak, a test boot with downloaded FreeBSD files > worked fine (i.e. got to the installation selection menu). But that was > before I installed the new drive, which is why it's my prime suspect as > opposed to any other hardware. > > Suggestions? > > TIA, > > Henry > You are not having a compatability issue with that drive and FreeBSD. I am using that exact drive on one of my boxes as we speak. Perhaps you have a bad boot image on one of your floppies....I have run into that in the past. Josh > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message