Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:58:32 +0100 (CET) | From | Peter Svensson <> | Subject | Re: 10.2 Gig HDD |
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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.
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