----- Original Message ----- From: "Raffaele BELARDI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] only about 1/2 my hard drive is recognised
> John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > Go to the mobo website and start digging , especially in the bios > > update sections, look up your bios version, and it invariable says > > something about having upgraded the bios to detect HD size XXXgigs, My > > bet is yours is 130Gigs, and then some time later they bring out a later > > bios vesion that upgrades it again to maybe 260Gigs and so on and so > > forth. You may be unlucky and no mention is made of the HD size > > limitation, if so you need to contact your mobo manufacturer support > > desk and ask them what the HD size limitations are on your bios version > > and can you upgrade. > > The BIOS settings is not so important to Linux. I have a disk which is > set to 'none' in the BIOS, Windows doesn't see it but it works just fine > with Linux! > It's only important for the boot - it's the BIOS that loads LILO from > the MBR. After that, Linux uses it's own code to access the disk. > > > > > Before you do though look up what the bios is saying about your HD size > > , if it sees it all it, it ain't a bios limitation, but if it sees 130G > > then I would think this is where to start. > > > > Sometimes the OS itself has HD limitation but I don't think it is your > > case . > > Not for decently recent Linux kernels. For sure not an issue from > MDK9.2 on. > > > Some modern HD's also have a "cap limit" Jumper and yours may have it > > set up as limited to 130G, but that is a large "cap limit" in my > > experience. John > > That is a good point. If that is not the issue, then I'm afraid it's a > motherboard issue, and there is no cure for that :-( > > What motherboard are you using, Eric? I'm using a Gateway 1200. It has an MSI Athlon motherboard. The bios is Amibios 7.00.xx.. Eric > > raffaele > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ >
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