Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:39:06 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: <sobotka@axess.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem with large drives? Message-ID: <01b401c04ead$39e82dc0$0200000a@vladsempire.net> References: <3A0FAFE6.7FE7@axess.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Sobotka" <sobotka@axess.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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