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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.tstt.net.tt!news From: feisal@tstt.net.tt Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: IDE/EIDE Date: 4 Nov 1995 14:36:18 GMT Organization: University of the West Indies Lines: 9 Message-ID: <47ftp2$8n0@ns1.tstt.net.tt> Reply-To: feisal@tstt.net.tt NNTP-Posting-Host: cuscon5s.tstt.net.tt X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Hi, I have a Compaq Presario 850 (486/50 with 16M) with a Seagate 420 drive. I am going to purchase another 540 drive to put FreeBSD. However the dealer is suggesting a larger drive. Can FreeBSD use a larger IDE drive without my purchasing an EIDE controller? Thanks. -Feisal <feisal@tstt.net.tt>