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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.enterprise.net!starship From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: SCSI Drive > 4 Gig with V2.0 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 21:26:14 GMT Organization: Enterprise PLC Lines: 40 Message-ID: <461b9p$gek@news.enterprise.net> References: <4610bd$2r0@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.enterprise.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4610bd$2r0@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu>, dh950@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kair-Chuan Lim) wrote: > > >Dear BSD Gurus, > >Hi it's me again. I have the floppies for ver 2.0 >Can i install ver 2.0 on drives greater than 4 gig? > >it keeps giving me a warning >CMOS drive too large >Drive is mapped >ignoring CMOS > >goes on to install but gets stuck after the scsi adapter and sits there. > >Steve Lim >BSDI Newbie > Yes - you certainly can install BSDI 2.X on drives of >4GB - we do just that. First I would check and confirm that your particular SCSI controller is supported - if it is a PCI for example, Buslogic is OK but Adaptec is not. The CMOS error is also somewhat strange, I would check the CMOS values for your system board and ensure that the setting is for NO fixed disk drive present - the BIOS of the SCSI controller takes care of capacities, mapping, etc.. If you have set your CMOS values to a drive capacity setting (usually only required for E/IDE drives) then that could well be the problem. Good luck anyway. -- Adrian. ___________________________________ Adrian Cooper | apc@enterprise.net Enterprise PLC | http://www.enterprise.net Leading Internet Services in the British Isles.