Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB
On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: Date: 13 Dec 2002 17:15:17 + From: David Gethings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Bleichert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 14:41, John Bleichert wrote: This can't be a bug or limitation in FreeBSD's fdisk, it must be a quirk in your hardware (we've all seen them hehe!). Since 4.5, I've had FreeBSD installed on several boxes with enormous hard drives in various partitioning schemes without a glitch. I had issues once with OpenBSD wanting to be on a smaller partition, but never with FreeBSD. Ah! Didn't think of that. I know it's a Maxtor something-or-other, I'll have to have a look to work out the exact model. Once I've done that I'll check the hardware compatability list. Cheers Dg I'd wager it's a quirk in how your motherboard is reporting the setup to the opsys (or bootloader, whatever). Maxtor's are slow and loud, but they seem fairly reliable. Good luck! JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB
On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: If I can't get this to work I'm going to have to use Linux as I know this works. :( If you know Linux fdisk recognizing the disk correctly, you can try to use Linux fdisk to create a FreeBSD partition, can't you? You should than be able to use the partition withis FreeBSD sysinstall. I Know that this is not a real solution, but it may be a workaround. Regards Konrad Heuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ ___ GWDG / __/__ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__//___// Germany To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 12:26, Konrad Heuer wrote: On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: If I can't get this to work I'm going to have to use Linux as I know this works. :( If you know Linux fdisk recognizing the disk correctly, you can try to use Linux fdisk to create a FreeBSD partition, can't you? You should than be able to use the partition withis FreeBSD sysinstall. I Know that this is not a real solution, but it may be a workaround. Hi Konrad, That thought did cross my mind after I sent the email out. If I must then I will do this, but I would rather be able to do this from within the FreeBSD install. Regards Dg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB
On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: Subject: Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 12:26, Konrad Heuer wrote: On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: If I can't get this to work I'm going to have to use Linux as I know this works. :( If you know Linux fdisk recognizing the disk correctly, you can try to use Linux fdisk to create a FreeBSD partition, can't you? You should than be able to use the partition withis FreeBSD sysinstall. I Know that this is not a real solution, but it may be a workaround. Hi Konrad, That thought did cross my mind after I sent the email out. If I must then I will do this, but I would rather be able to do this from within the FreeBSD install. Regards Dg This can't be a bug or limitation in FreeBSD's fdisk, it must be a quirk in your hardware (we've all seen them hehe!). Since 4.5, I've had FreeBSD installed on several boxes with enormous hard drives in various partitioning schemes without a glitch. I had issues once with OpenBSD wanting to be on a smaller partition, but never with FreeBSD. # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 14:41, John Bleichert wrote: This can't be a bug or limitation in FreeBSD's fdisk, it must be a quirk in your hardware (we've all seen them hehe!). Since 4.5, I've had FreeBSD installed on several boxes with enormous hard drives in various partitioning schemes without a glitch. I had issues once with OpenBSD wanting to be on a smaller partition, but never with FreeBSD. Ah! Didn't think of that. I know it's a Maxtor something-or-other, I'll have to have a look to work out the exact model. Once I've done that I'll check the hardware compatability list. Cheers Dg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
