Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 17:51:48 +0100 | | From | Michal Vitecek <> | | Subject | Re: over 5Gb missing from a 13.5Gb disk |
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how about not using LBA but plain CHS mode in your BIOS settings? this might help AFAIK.
Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> wrote: >Previously Anton Ivanov wrote: >> I would suggest to try the following - force the number of heads, cylinders, >> tracks to a proper value before partitioning using the fdisk extended options >> (x - expert mode). > >Doesn't help. I also tried telling the kernel the proper geometry on >bootup (hda=c,h,s), but the real problem appears to be that the kernel >gets the disk size wrong: it thinks it's 8Gb instead of 13.5Gb. So >whatever geometry you try to use it still won't work.. > >Wichert.
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