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SubjectRe: 10.2 Gig HDD
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, 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?

I had that same problem, it turned out to be incorrect data in the
partition table. By using the advanced menu in fdisk I was able to change
the no. of cylinders from 1024 to 1232 which matched the bios settings.

Peter
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