On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:52:37PM +0000, eb wrote: > * Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 12:23:42AM +0100, mess-mate wrote: > > > Happy new year...... and > > > I can't access my HD, 60GB, jumpers set to master. > > > On the bios he's recognized as only +/- 8.5GB ??? > > > Tryed several settings in the bios as auto,user,mode, etc.. > > > without success. > > > MB Pentium (1) 233Mhz. > > > The strange thing is that he did it before I mounted him > > > on my new box where he runs as a charm. > > > Any help would be very appreciated. > > > > I must be missing something, but it doesn't really matter whether your > > BIOS can "see" all of your drive or not. Linux doesn't use the BIOS > > to talk to the drive, so as long as you can get linux to boot you're > > ok. > > > > I have an ancient Pentium 90 whose BIOS is convinced that no hard > > drives are attached! Yet the system boots fine :) > > Reading this should enlighten you as to why you've no problems and the > thread starter has :-) > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-11.html
Mmm, I wonder. According to that URL, the fix is in all kernels > 2.0.34 or 2.1.90. IOW, all kernels shipped with debian for the past four (?) years should work fine. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. -- Laurence J. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
