On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Mipam wrote:

> > I want to add a large IDE HDD drive (81.9 GB - Maxtor DiamondMax 98196H8) to
> > my NetBSD system (1.5 ZA snapshot). Unfortunately my BIOS doesn't support
> > such large drives (mainboard: Asus P/I - P55T2P4, BIOS: #401A0-0103, I've
> > updated the BIOS recently). Is there any chance to access the whole disk
> > with netbsd? If yes, how do I have to partition the disk?
>
> Np with that, i only got disks larger then my bios recognizes.

....some drives have a jumper which creates two phyiscal partitions (two
drives @ ~ 40 gig/piece).  There was a thread a while back.

-lava

> NetBSD will see the whole disk. However, there is an issue
> with having multiple os'ses on that disk. Its possible to have,
> only make sure that the boot partition is within the reach of
> what the bios can see. Feel free to have the other partitions anywhere
> and as large as you wish, just the kernel must be in reach.
> Bye,
>
> Mipam.
>

--Brian

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