Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:47:52 +0300 (EEST) From: Oleg Galenok <og@ICnet.UKRPACK.NET> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: >2.1GB EIDE disks on old BIOS? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990414183525.194A-100000@DiXi.icnet.ukrpack.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9904091945140.4382-100000@analog.org>
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Hi there! On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, dono wrote: > Here's the situation: I have an old 486DX2/66 with a PhoenixBIOS dating > back to (I believe August) '94 (specifically, it's a Packard Bell Legend > 61CD with an identical replacement BIOS from Micro Firmware). Currently, > it has a IBM DeskStar 2.1GB and a Western Digital Caviar 1.6GB (both > EIDE). I want to get rid of those two drives, and put in one 6-8GB disk. ok, i'm installed 2.2.5-RELEASE on Epson ActionTower3000 with Phoenix BIOS since 1994 with 486dx4-100/24mb and use Fujitsu MPC3064AT - 6.4Gb IDE HDD it's a mail, ftp and web - server 24/7 all working just fine :) > > Would my BIOS support it? i think (expect) yes, use "auto" in BIOS HDD settings. to support drives >8Gb use 2.2.6 or latest RELEASE. /// cheers, og. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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