I thought fbsd didnt use the bios when addressing a drive On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > PROBLEM > I have an old Compaq machine that I'm trying to install a 20 gig drive into, but >it's only recognizing the first 2112MB. Obviously this is a limitation of the BIOS. >Aside from buying an PCI ATA card (the machine only has one PCI slot and I'm using it >for my NIC), is there anyway to get this drive working on the exsisting system? > > > CURRENT SETTINGS > Compaq Presario 4504 > Phoenix BIOS, not sure what version > Maxtor Drive, not sure which model since there are no markings on the drive itself > Drive is Primary Master and the Cylinder Limitation Jumper is set as well. > > Detection Type: Auto > Cylinders: 4092 > Heads: 16 > Sectors 63 > Multi-Sector Transfers: 16 Sectors > LBA Mode Control: Enabled > 32 Bit I/O: Disabled > Transfer Mode: Fast PIO 4. > > I can put the drive into User Detection mode and adjust the Cylinders, Heads, and >Sectors myself, but I don't know what settings to use. > > Thanks to all for help. > > - ------------------------------------------- > Randomly Generated Quote: > Why do cats have canine teeth? > > Mike Loiterman > PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > http://www.ascendency.net > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0 > Comment: This message has been digitally signed by Mike Loiterman > > iQA/AwUBPhy0sGjZbUnRudGOEQLmgwCfcF3+qfZOjbdlXFbk7/Tlc31sMXcAoIz0 > UwEYoDeu6yyc1AY56JqfuaaF > =aREs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
