Subject: 200gb hard drive is 127gb only in netbsd
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Lubos Vrbka <shnek@chemi.muni.cz>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/11/2003 14:23:01
hi guys,

i obtained new 200gb wd harddrive. however, netbsd reports 127gb only. 
can i do something to get it to work on the whole size? btwm, what are 
the harddrive size limits?

dmesg:
wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <WDC WD2000JB-32EVA0>
wd2: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd2: 127 GB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 268435455 sectors
wd2: 32-bit data port
wd2: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5

fdisk:
fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 16383 heads: 16 sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)

BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 1024 heads: 255 sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)

thanks for help,
lubos

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