Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:50:14 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jon Drukman <jsd@cluttered.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 40G disk recognized as 32G - can't override!? Message-ID: <20020206095014.A57829@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020206091130.00b35e10@10.10.10.1>; from jsd@cluttered.com on Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:20:08AM -0800 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020206091130.00b35e10@10.10.10.1>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:20:08AM -0800, Jon Drukman wrote: > i'm helping a friend set up a system. he put a maxtor diamondmax 40G drive > in but we can't get it to show up as more than 32G. i looked on maxtor.com > (the drive model is 54098U8) and it says the cylinder/head/sector count is > 79406/16/63. using /stand/sysinstall's fdisk option i tried to enter that > manually, but i get a warning saying It's probably a BIOS limitation; look for an updated version from the motherboard vendor. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8YWzVWry0BWjoQKURAtjWAJ9MX6JFe3qJ9aT1Pp0ZCZmNZCny8ACfdPsW pXKQ4LI79HCZf5rX3wl5epI= =Ruqo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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