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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-5.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news.up.net!news.mtu.edu!msunews!eltci!news From: Scott Kelly <scott@forest.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Promise EIDE controler & freeBSD Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:15:48 -0400 Organization: Forest Computer, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <31F3D364.41C6@forest.com> References: <01bb45ae.95b03600$cf1b79c0@lennvall> NNTP-Posting-Host: forest.tcimet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; OSF1 V2.0 alpha) Ola Lundberg wrote: > > I got a promise EIDE 2300+ controller on my machine and are trying to > install freeBSD. > After installation /who proceeds fine) the machine just freeze in the boot > moment.. > As the 2300+ got its own BIOS which can be set at various addresses ive > tried them all without success, however if i disable the onboard BIOS on > it, it works fine and the machine bootsup normaly, but as it is the BIOS > who give me support to large disks (breaking the 540MB limit) i can only > use 540MB on my 3 1GB disks..No god..!! > > Are there any BSD hacker who has a similar controller and solved this > problem , pleze share it with me.. > > /Ola I had the same problem, and got around it by disabling the Promise bios. However, the 540MB limit is a DOS limit - not a FreeBSD (or x86) limit. Just go into the regular system bios setup and select the appropriate number of cylinders, sectors, etc. and boot with the BSD boot floppy. The operating system will recognize the drives alright. -- Scott G. Kelly (scott@forest.com, kelly@tcimet.net) Forest Computer, Inc tx: (517) 349-4700 P.O. Box 409 fax: (517) 349-2947 Okemos, MI 48805