On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ivan wrote: : Hello, : : The reason I ask is because Linux reports: : Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
linux is almost always right. But to check, just head over to the Quantum web site and look up the part number. : DOS & BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and so does the : Raneesh Partition Manager. DOS is broken. Most BIOS are broken. Never heard of your partition manager :) : The machine is an old 486 with AMI BIOS 1992 - is this the problem and if : so, by replacing the BIOS will I have access to the whole of the drive or : is the drive in fact only 504MB and Linux lies ??? If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack Disk Manager. On the other hand, Linux doesn't need the BIOS information at all (I have a few machines where the BIOS has no idea I've even got IDE drives, but Linux knows). If you're only running Linux you're ok. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)