Re: [FreeBSD 5.1] Large hard disks vs old BIOS
From: Kris Kennaway (kkenn_at_xor.obsecurity.org)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:58:51 GMT
On 2004-10-28, Jehannes <john@ilseWITHOUTTHIS.nl> wrote:
> Is there a way to make FreeBSD 5.1 recognize hard disks larger than the
> BIOS supports?
> I read somewhere that Linux could do it through direct access to the
> hardware.
> My BIOS is Award 6240 V 1.04 WB. It recognizes disks up to 8 Gb.
> TIA
I thought FreeBSD just worked, although of course you can't boot from
a partition beyond where the BIOS can read. Does your experience show
otherwise? If so, please provide more details.
Kris
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