Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:40:53 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Joe Halpin <joe.halpin@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD install doesn't see the whole disk Message-ID: <3C535AA5.5060803@owt.com> References: <3C533643.E161CC67@attbi.com> <3C534AEB.A24D9707@attbi.com>
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Joe Halpin wrote: > 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. Check the jumpers on the HD and see if you have csel selected. It comes that way on some of the drives and the 2GB is a symptom. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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