Re: Old Computer + New HD
> 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 the rest. You will certainly need a hard drive that is compatible with your BIOS for your root partition. If you more specific information, then you should post which motherboard, chipset, BIOS you have and which hard disk you intend to use. You should also check the hardware notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/hardware-i386.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/hardware-i386.html Simon signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Old Computer + New HD
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.com)? Do they work on > FreeBSD? If so, will my HD work fine > with it? If it supports atleast ata33 you should be fine. Afaik freebsd does not bother with what the bios thinks. You may run in to trouble booting possible... but will probally befine as long as the first slice and the like is the one that is being booted... may possibly be a good idea to keep it under 8GB... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Old Computer + New HD
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 accessing hard disks, this means that the BIOS limitations only matter when booting from the disk. (Since the boot process inevitably must use the BIOS before the real OS is loaded.) > > Does anyone have any advice? Just add the disk. If you have an old disk (<8GB) in the computer already, then use that too boot from, while putting most stuff on the new disk. Otherwise, even an old BIOS can usually access part of big disks, in which you just need to make sure that your boot partition is in the part of the disk that the BIOS can access. > > 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? I don't know anything about that product, but many harddisk controller cards that you can buy comes with their own BIOS, and thus lets you ignore the limitations of the built-in BIOS. These also often is capable of supporting higher transfer speeds from modern disks, than the controllers built in on older motherboards are capable of. -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Old Computer + New HD
If I remember correctly, FreeBSD (itself) doesn't use information from the BIOS. Frees should be able to see the entire HDD. If you get geometry warnings when you attempt to slice the drive, use an hdd utility to give you the correct geometry. You may want to compare my suggestion with other suggestions or feedback. I hope that helps you. - All incoming attachments get deleted. Have a nice day. - - Original Message - From: "fallenbr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 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 FreeBSD? If so, will my HD work fine with it? Thanks! --- Acabe com aquelas janelinhas que pulam na sua tela. AntiPop-up UOL - É grátis! http://antipopup.uol.com.br ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
