Good info. I had a 486/66MHz system. I pulled out the huge 350mb hard drive and installed my 20Gb wd. The bios seen *something* and then I installed debian. Never had a hitch with it.I don't really think debian gives a rip what the bios thinks at any rate!
tatah On Monday 25 June 2001 16:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. > > > >My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. > > > >The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk >at > >all. > > > >The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the >problem > >doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using that IBM setfix program, >the > >motherboard doesn't find the new harddisk at all. > > I installed a 40Gb Western Digital hard drive over the weekend into my PII > 300 machine as a second drive. My BIOS didn't recognise it, but Debian > did. Have you tried installing it as a second drive? Of course, if you > want to be able to boot from it, the BIOS will need to know about it. > Check dmesg output to see if it comes up as a device. > > - Chris -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls/TELE: USA-707-442-6579\/A GNU-Debian linux user Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ: 12741145 If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!
