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Date:      Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:01:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Wu-Tang Forever <nellie@home.com>
To:        Ryan Turner <freebsd@vt.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: large hard drive
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808032101040.227-100000@cc219337-a.lwmrn1.pa.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980803193024.00982d20@pop.erols.com>

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Progress takes away what forever took to find -dmb

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Ryan Turner wrote:

> I just finished downloading 2.2.7, but it detects my 11.5 gig hard drive as
> a 8 gig.  I am using a Maxtor 91152D8.  It is set up for LBA mode in the bios.
> 
> The bios is set for 1401/255/63 and show 11524MB.
> The setup program shows 16383/16/63 and 8063MB.
> The partition part of the setup program show 1027/255/63.
> 
> What should my bios disk geometry be set for?  I would really like to be
> able to use all of the drive.

Perhaps it is because that the HD is 8 gigs after it is formatted?  My 9.1
gig shows as 8 after it is formatted, and my 4.3 shows as 3.6


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