Re: [FreeBSD 5.1] Large hard disks vs old BIOS
From: Torfinn Ingolfsen (tingo_at_start.no)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:51:53 +0200
Jehannes wrote:
> Is there a way to make FreeBSD 5.1 recognize hard disks larger than the
> BIOS supports?
Yes, install it.
No, I am serious. FreeBSD only needs the BIOS for booting, after FreeBSD
has started it uses it's own routines for disk access.
I have several old machines where the BIOS thinks that the installed
disk is a only a fraction of its real size. Still, once FreeBSD has
booted, it has no problem accessing the disk.
For this to work, you need the bootloader (and perhaps the root
partition) to be placed below the BIOS limit for disk access. As long as
you install FreeBSD on the whole disk (and not share it with another
OS), this is not something to worry about.
Just try to install FreeBSD, and see if the disk is recognized
correctly. If you have a cd-rom, just boot with the install CD.
HTH
-- Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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