RE: [SLE] HD of 40 GB (boot problem)

From: "Bob Cameron" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:22:19 +1100 Message-ID: <003a01c05989$ac06eae0$4401000a@lse.com.au> Subject: RE: [SLE] HD of 40 GB (boot problem) Dont know if it quite relevent but I have just been commisioning a 30GB and had to use kernel params. eg LILO linux hda=4962,255,63 The large disk HOW-TO has a heap of info on this, including the 32GB limit problem. Cheers, Bob

-----Original Message----- From: Simeo Reig [mailto:simreig@terra.es] Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2000 6:53 AM To: Ben Rosenberg Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] HD of 40 GB (boot problem)

El mar, 28 nov 2000, vas escriure:

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Some older motherboards have a 32G limit although they don't advertize this. You should check for a BIOS upgrade for your motherboard and I would STRONGLY suggest not using ontrack software because it's just not compatible with Linux.

Thanks a lot Ben, I will not use ontrack software. But, I don't believe that the problem is in BIOS because my bios detect the HD (40892 GB, 4962 cilinders ,255 heads and 63 sectors) but can't boot it ! Where would be the problem ???

I upgraded my bios to 1013 on july-setember.

Thanks! -- Simeó Reig Barcelona (Spain)

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