>> 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!
Is actually Linux who doesn't read disk geometry from the BIOS. Not really a Debian issue, more a kernel one. :) Guys, sorry if someone already said it (I wasn't following this thread), but, can't you tell the kernel (via boot parameters) that you have a hdd located in controller X position X with X geometry info, manually? To bypass BIOS recognition of it? This should be documented in a HOWTO, Boot-Param I guess. Jordi S. Bunster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>