Gerrit Kaiser wrote:
But the new HD isnŽt very cooperativ I couldnŽt install it yet. And I tried to install it the whole day(!). IŽm totally stressed and you are my last hope! ;) I think my old BIOS (itŽs from 8/1995...) doesnŽt support HDŽs with a capacity higher than 2GB. Ok, thatŽs a known problem with a known solution: installing a Diskmanager.
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How can I make the BIOS detect the correct size of my HDD?
Did I understand correctly that you want to use this drive under Linux and not Win? If you only need it under Linux, than you don't have a problem at all: If you keep a small separate partition for /boot (say 10 MB), your bios should be able to boot from that partition. The rest of the disk layout doesn't matter because Linux accesses the disk directly without using the BIOS. And Linux itself is not hindered by the 2 GB limit problem. This also means that you don't need the disk overlay manager. The moral of the story: Once you have the kernel loaded you may take the BIOS out. (sort of) HTH, Koos Pol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S.C. Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/