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[avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Avi Schwartz)]

Rocky McGaugh wrote:
> 
> although ~15 gig is the largest i've done to date fdisk appears to have
> absolutely no trouble with large disks.
> 
> what may be throwing you off is the fact that fdisk will use the BIOS
> to try to guess the drives geometry. The BIOS is setup to LIE by default.
> 
> here's what i reccomend:
> 
> go into the BIOS, and make sure the drive is setup as 'NORMAL'.
> LBA and LARGE are incorrect. Then boot into rescue mode and run fdisk
> on the drives. Make sure it shows the actuall CHS, and not some wimpy
> translated geometry. if it shows something impossible like 255 heads,
> enter expert mode of fdisk and set it right, then partition as normal.
> 
> should have no troubles.
> 
> --
> ========================================================================
> Rocky McGaugh                                      Atipa Linux Solutions
> Linux Systems Engineer                                     www.atipa.com
> rocky@xxxxxxxxx                                       rmcgaugh@xxxxxxxxx
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