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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbastard.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!nntp.uio.no!newsfeeds.sol.net!worldnet.att.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.ultranet.com!not-for-mail From: "Michael C. Cambria" <cambria@ultranet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Anything to watch out for re: > 2.1gig EIDE? Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 21:26:35 -0500 Organization: Systems & Communications Sciences, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3341C3DB.7838@ultranet.com> Reply-To: cambria@world.std.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sscp.ma.ultranet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E (OS/2; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38231 Hi, Is there anything to watch out for when using an EIDE disk which has greater than 2.1 gig (greater than 4096 cyls)? I'm using a P/I P55TP4XE with Award Bios 0202 (4.51PG). This BIOS says I can use up to 8GB EIDE disks via the builtin controller on the MB. I can also boot of the CDROM. The disk (Western Digital 22100) auto-detects fine, and is set to LBA (as is the 1gig EIDE that works today.) I also have a PCI 2940 and a 1 gig Seagate disk off it as well as a 4x CDROM. (I bought SCSI only til I got married!) Thanks for any suggestions, pointers etc. MikeC