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Date:      Sat, 3 Jun 2000 21:18:31 -0700
From:      Dragos Ruiu <dr@dursec.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More 40gig drive problems
Message-ID:  <00060321203402.00370@kyxbot.zorg>
In-Reply-To: <20000604133836.C85628@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <00060321035701.00370@kyxbot.zorg> <20000604133836.C85628@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Saturday,  3 June 2000 at 21:00:36 -0700, Dragos Ruiu wrote:
> > Asus P2-99 - celeron 433
> > Maxtor 40Gb drive with the "cylinder limit jumper in" to get past BIOS lockup.
> > FreeBSD 4.0 Install CD on ATAPI CDROM
> >
> > Gets as far as probing devices... and it definitely may take some
> > time as the on-screen message warns - potentially infinite it seems.
> 
> Are you saying the system locks up?  If so, it would help to state so
> explicitly.
> 
It looks like a lock up.... but it's a big drive so I didn't want to
jump to assumptions.

> > Anybody run into this and successfully overcome it?
> 
> How are the BIOS settings for this drive?  It should be LBA.

It is.

thanks,
--dr

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