Messages in this thread | | | From | jason.harp@mail ... | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 99 15:23:43 -0800 | Subject | Re[2]: 10.2 Gig HDD |
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Peter is incorrect. You are likely using a Linux version that still thinks a 10 GB drive is a misreport. Either update your linux version or change the lba sanity check in the ide.c file.
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Jason
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: 10.2 Gig HDD Author: Peter Avalos <pavalos@doxx.net> at IAMS-MIME Date: 19/01/99 3:45 PM
At 02:18 PM 1/19/99 , Craig Whitmore wrote: >I just got a 10.2 Gig Quantum HDD.. >I put it in my machine.. the bios finds it.. but linux only finds the size >up to 8.6 or something >What can I do to fix this? Do I have to give the lilo some options for the >kernel or what? > >Thanks >Craig Whitmore >IGRIN Internet Is your bios reporting the correct size of the drive? If not, you need to get a bios overlay to recognize a drive bigger than 8.4G. For a white paper on the subject, read this: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/library/8.4gb.htm. Peter Avalos Doxx.Net System Administrator http://www.doxx.net/~studbolt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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