Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Jan 1996 01:29:21 -0600 | From | Dan Hedlund <> | Subject | RE: 10.2 Gig HDD |
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9789MB = 9789 * 1024 * 1024 = 10,264,510,464 Bytes = 10.2GB
At 08:48 PM 1/21/99 +1300, Craig Whitmore wrote: >I tried linux hda=1247,255,63 >I have kernel 2.0.36 (Redhat 5.2 base system) >Booting off a boot floppy .... Loads up >and hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A 9789MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1247/255/63, >UDMA > >To my Knowledge 9789MB Not Equal 10.2Gig >If I boot up in Windows with this drive it says it should be >10263MB Total,Total LBA Sectors 20033055 >Windows Finds it great (there is a 8.4? Gig limit on win95?) >whcih the disk manager fixes? > >What is the problem? Me? Linux? The Bios? The Machine? Or can't I/machine >add up right? >Has anyone else here one of these HDD's in their machine? > >Craig Whitmore >iGRIN Intenet >ICQ #2049916 >Email: lennon@igrin.co.nz <mailto:lennon@igrin.co.nz> > > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Anthony Barbachan [mailto:barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com] >> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 4:56 PM >> > To: Guest section DW; lennon@igrin.co.nz; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu >> > Subject: Re: 10.2 Gig HDD >> > >> > >> > > There should be a copy of Disk Manager that you can download from >> > Quantum's >> > > web site. Get it install it and that should work around the >> > 8GB limit >> > in >> > > your BIOS. >> > > >> > >Uh, what a terrible answer! >> > >There is no mention of any strange operating systems in the question. >> > >I hope you do not think that Linux needs a Disk Manager (or >> > could use one, >> > >for that matter). >> > > >> > >> > Sorry misread the message, DM wouldn't help here, this sounds >> like an old >> > kernel version problem. Try 2.0.36 or higher. And Linux does work with >> > Disk Manager (I've used it myself several times); this program >> > allows you to >> > boot large hard drives on machine's who's BIOS doesn't recognize >> > its native >> > capacity. >> > >> > >
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