At work I had the same problem (took me more hours than I care to admit..had to
format each time I tried installing Linux). Have two IBM 34GB 7200RPM IDE
drives and had to clip them (jumpers) to the 32GB limit for Red Hat to install.
It would install just never boot if I remember correctly. So my rule of thumb
is IDE 32GB drives and below for linux and anything over that say 75GB for
instance just go with SCSI for now at least until Red Hat 7.0.
Can anyone confirm if kernel 2.4 what the limitation is 200G? I assume it
overcomes the 33.2GB IDE harddisk problem.
Joe Pranevich: Wonderful World of Linux 2.4 (Final Draft)
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-17-014-04-NW-LF-KN
All I could find was 2G file size limitation and from 4 to 10 IDE devices but no
where about the 33.2GB IDE harddisk limitation
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adam http://www.kaikun.com
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:57:34 -0500
Alan Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#At 09:02 AM 7/18/00 , you wrote:
#>I have a FIC VA-503+, an AMD K6/2-500, 64MB 100MHz SDRAM, a Maxtor 13G
#>UDMA-33 HD, an IO Magic 44X UDMA-33 CDROM, and a HIVAL 2x2x24 CD-RW with a
#>PIO Mode 4 IDE interface. The rest of the system isn't germaine to the
#>discussion, I think, except for something I'm getting to.
#>
#>I purchased (at a KILLER price!) a brand new WD 45Gig UDMA-66 HD. Notice,
#
#Bill,
#
#I don't know if this is helpful: My impression is that for Linux, but not
#Windows, the BIOS is immaterial except for booting. So if the 45GB drive
#does not have to be booted (if you can boot from something the BIOS
#recognizes like the 13GB drive--although my BIOS would only recognize 8.4
#GB no matter what) then you don't have to worry about the bios. Otherwise
#I think you have to live with whatever limitations your BIOS imposes. I
#think the cylinders/heads/etc. stuff became obsolete with drives bigger
#than 8.4 and that your BIOS is reading the correct size because your IDE
#drive has a BIOS that is reporting the correct size.
#
#-Alan
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