Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 04:25:16PM -0800, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I > > quickly followed the directions in > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- > > adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the > > resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected > > some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? > > How current is your motherboard? If it doesn't support the ATA-6 spec > there's a limit of 120-140GB (don't remember the details. > > KeS Yes, this sounds a lot like he's hit the limit of the http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc msg17809/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:43:05PM -0600, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > --On Monday, February 03, 2003 16:25:16 -0800 Kevin Stevens > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I > >>quickly followed the directions in > >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- > >>adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the > >>resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected > >>some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? > > > >How current is your motherboard? If it doesn't support the ATA-6 spec > >there's a limit of 120-140GB (don't remember the details. > LBA(aka LBA28) is limited to 128G (Base 2 GB)/137G (Base 10 GB). > > LBA48 is the new standard. Entirely apart from the motherboard FreeBSD did not supporte LBA48 until 4.5-RELEASE. This means that with FreeBSD-4.3 you are limited to 128G when using IDE disks. Upgrading to 4.5 or later might help. -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
--On Monday, February 03, 2003 16:25:16 -0800 Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I quickly followed the directions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? How current is your motherboard? If it doesn't support the ATA-6 spec there's a limit of 120-140GB (don't remember the details. LBA(aka LBA28) is limited to 128G (Base 2 GB)/137G (Base 10 GB). LBA48 is the new standard. LER KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
> I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I > quickly followed the directions in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- > adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the > resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected > some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? How current is your motherboard? If it doesn't support the ATA-6 spec there's a limit of 120-140GB (don't remember the details. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
Maybe you should try to use a later version of FreeBSD before becoming sad :-) I'm not sure that would help, but then we'd at least be sure that the latest kernel still has the same problem or behavior that you're seeing. It could also have something to do with the "dedicated" disklabel. Ken On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Ben Hyde wrote: > I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I > quickly followed the directions in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- > adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the > resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected > some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? > > This is what disklabel reports... > > # disklabel ad3 > # /dev/ad3c: > type: unknown > disk: amnesiac > label: > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 16 > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > cylinders: 266305 > sectors/unit: 268435455 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # milliseconds > track-to-track seek: 0# milliseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 8 partitions: > #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] >c: 2684354550unused0 0 # (Cyl.0 - > 266305*) >f: 26843545504.2BSD 1024 819216 # (Cyl.0 - > 266305*) > > thanks for any help - ben > > > 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
200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install
I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I quickly followed the directions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? This is what disklabel reports... # disklabel ad3 # /dev/ad3c: type: unknown disk: amnesiac label: flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 16 sectors/cylinder: 1008 cylinders: 266305 sectors/unit: 268435455 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 8 partitions: #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 2684354550unused0 0 # (Cyl.0 - 266305*) f: 26843545504.2BSD 1024 819216 # (Cyl.0 - 266305*) thanks for any help - ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
