Re: Old Computer + New HD

2003-11-09 Thread Simon Barner
> I need to use an 80GB hard disk on my > old computer, which can only detect > HDs smaller than 8GB. > > Does anyone have any advice? I can confirm what Erik wrote: I got a shiny new 120G hard disk the other day. The only way to make it work was not to enable it in the BIOS and let FreeBSD do th

Re: Old Computer + New HD

2003-11-09 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 03:42:36 -0200 "fallenbr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to use an 80GB hard disk on my > old computer, which can only detect > HDs smaller than 8GB. > > Does anyone have any advice? > > How about using one of these IDE to > USB racks from ViPower > (www.vipower

Re: Old Computer + New HD

2003-11-08 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:42:36AM -0200, fallenbr wrote: > Hi, > > I need to use an 80GB hard disk on my > old computer, which can only detect > HDs smaller than 8GB. The computer can almost certainly handle large disks, even though the BIOS does not. Since FreeBSD does not use the BIOS for acce

Re: Old Computer + New HD

2003-11-08 Thread nw1
: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:42 AM Subject: Old Computer + New HD Hi, I need to use an 80GB hard disk on my old computer, which can only detect HDs smaller than 8GB. Does anyone have any advice? How about using one of these IDE to USB racks from ViPower (www.vipower.com)? Do they work on Free

Old Computer + New HD

2003-11-08 Thread fallenbr
Hi, I need to use an 80GB hard disk on my old computer, which can only detect HDs smaller than 8GB. Does anyone have any advice? How about using one of these IDE to USB racks from ViPower (www.vipower.com)? Do they work on FreeBSD? If so, will my HD work fine with it? Thanks! --- Acabe com aq