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From: gofi1033@itrsp2.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Goetz Fischer  )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Western Digital 2.5GB IDE HD doesn't work under FreeBSD !
Date: 29 Apr 1996 12:32:30 GMT
Organization: TU-Berlin Institut fuer Thermodynamik
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References: <aak2.830530576@Ra.MsState.Edu>
Reply-To: gofi1033@itrsp2.fb10.tu-berlin.de
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>I went ahead and downloaded  Mr. BIOS from www.mrbios.com and 
>that solved the problem.  (Side note : Have you guys checked out 
>Mr. BIOS yet ?    It looks very nice and is very capable. At least
>it is much better than Award BIOS that came with ASUS motherboard).

HI!
Don't use MR-Bios with large IDE Drives. MR-Bios uses ALLWAYS LBA Mode
for IDE Drives and so FreeBSD doesn't see the correct geometry of the drive.
Flash original Bios and set drive to Normal (not Large or LBA).
By Goetz
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* Goetz Fischer                               *
* e-mail: gofi1033@zrzsp8.fb10.tu-berlin.de   *
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