Re: 200GB IDE disk on old system

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On 2007-03-23, Wilhelm B. Kloke <wb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[using a 200GB disk with an old systemboard]
Eivind E <rumrunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
If this should work, it is still a pity that FreeBSD doesn't have usable
tools to do the work natively.

Well, *somebody* needs to write them. Do we have a volunteer?


The last time I had to deal with problems like this was getting through
the 528MB barrier. Once I understood the problem, making sure the stuff
needed for booting was well before that was basically all there was to
it. I don't know if this issue needs further trickery.


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