Subject: Re: Drive size limitation?
To: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/13/2000 17:35:16
	Does it show up with the full size in the BIOS or windows?

                David/absolute
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Andrew Gillham wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> A friend of mine just added a 40GB drive to his NetBSD/i386 machine.
> It is being recognized as below:
> 
> wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Maxtor 54098U8>
> wd1: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
> wd1: 32253MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 66055248 sectors
> wd1: 32-bit data port
> wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 4
> wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
> 
> Based on the Maxtor part number (54098U8) this is a 40.9GB drive, which
> should be quite a bit bigger than 32253MB. :-)
> 
> This machine is running 1.4.3_ALPHA, is likely to be resolved in 1.5?
> 
> -Andrew
>