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Re: [SLE] big hard drive, drive overlays and Linux
- From: Philipp Thomas <pthomas@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 16:09:15 +0200
- Message-id: <dfrvcu4l56k8ccn796m6qqv0mj2o8r4pbp@xxxxxxx>
Clayton Cornell <c.cornell@xxxxxxxxx> [ 30.04.2002 19:21:10 +0200]:
>try.) Anyway, the 500MB HD I currently have in the system is the limit of
>the BIOS. I have a 1.2Gig Quantum I want to install to give me a larger
>sandbox to play in.
Just give your BIOS a geometry it accepts and pass the Kernel the real
geometry, using 'hdx=cylinders,heads,sectors' (where x is the drive,
in your case most probably hda) or by putting the line
append="hda=<cylinder>,<head>,<sectors>"
into your lilo.conf at the appropriate place. The kernel will just
ignore the BIOS and work with the disc like a charm.
Philipp
>try.) Anyway, the 500MB HD I currently have in the system is the limit of
>the BIOS. I have a 1.2Gig Quantum I want to install to give me a larger
>sandbox to play in.
Just give your BIOS a geometry it accepts and pass the Kernel the real
geometry, using 'hdx=cylinders,heads,sectors' (where x is the drive,
in your case most probably hda) or by putting the line
append="hda=<cylinder>,<head>,<sectors>"
into your lilo.conf at the appropriate place. The kernel will just
ignore the BIOS and work with the disc like a charm.
Philipp
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