Re: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-13 Thread Paul Everlund
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jud wrote: On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:50:45 -0600 Mike Loiterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Also make sure the jumpers are correctly set on the drive. Sometimes the jumpers can be set to fake the disk size reported to the BIOS. [snip] Perhaps you've answered

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-10 Thread Mike Loiterman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:16 AM Paul Everlund mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're right. So

Re: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-10 Thread Jud
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:50:45 -0600 Mike Loiterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Also make sure the jumpers are correctly set on the drive. Sometimes the jumpers can be set to fake the disk size reported to the BIOS. [snip] Perhaps you've answered this and I didn't catch it: How are your

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-09 Thread Paul Everlund
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're right. So should I just define the drive correctlt in fdisk? If so, what would be the proper settings. usually a drive has em on the drive on

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-09 Thread Doug Reynolds
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:18:18 -0600, Mike Loiterman wrote: On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're right. So should I just define the drive correctlt in fdisk? If so, what would be the proper settings. usually a drive has em

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-08 Thread Mike Loiterman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:40 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-08 Thread Stephen Hovey
I think you're right. So should I just define the drive correctlt in fdisk? If so, what would be the proper settings. usually a drive has em on the drive on something - a sticker/label sorta thing with head, cyl, sect, etc To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-08 Thread Mike Loiterman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're right. So should I just define the drive correctlt in fdisk? If so, what would be the proper settings. usually a drive has em on the drive

RE: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-08 Thread Stephen Hovey
got me hangin unless fbsd does use bios for ide On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:54 PM Stephen Hovey mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you're right. So should I just define the drive

Re: Bios not recognizing correct HD size

2003-01-08 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Mike Loiterman wrote: 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. Hold on a second... Drive is Primary Master and the Cylinder Limitation Jumper is