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 -- dursec.com ltd. / kyx.net - we're from the future http://www.dursec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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