On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> So everybody has says, but what can I say? I had Linux installed on
> the last 500mb of a 1.6gb drive; booted lilo no problem.
> My current root partition is 700mb; another box I have has a 600mb root.
>
> Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE di
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 09:26:13PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
> > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root < 504mb
> > > and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I'
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 09:26:13PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root < 504mb
> > and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done it,
> > and I've had no problem. I've be
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root < 504mb
> and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done it,
> and I've had no problem. I've been running Linux for over 3 years.
Do DOS and your BIOS see the disk a
On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 08:58:01PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
> In fact it is not necessary to have the whole root partition below the
> 1024th cylinder. The only requirement is that all files used by Lilo at
> the boot time should be located on the cylinders below the 1024th one.
So everybo
On 18 Nov 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
: Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:
: > On the other hand, Linux doesn't need the BIOS information at all (I
: > have a few machines where the BIOS has no idea I've even got IDE drives,
: > but Linux knows). If you're only running Linux you're
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, wb2oyc wrote:
> Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
> completely within the limits of the 504MB. The problem comes from the
> BIOS being old and not permitting access to cylinders beyond the 1024
> limit.
>
> Linux doesn't have any problem w
On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:34:43PM -0400, wb2oyc wrote:
> >If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
> >to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
> >Disk Manager.
> >
> Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
Quoting wb2oyc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
> >to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
> >Disk Manager.
> >
> Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
> completely within
>If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
>to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
>Disk Manager.
>
Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
completely within the limits of the 504MB. The problem comes fro
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ivan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
> Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
>
> which indicates a 2GB drive. CFDisk agrees and will let me partition to 2GB.
>
> DOS & BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On the other hand, Linux doesn't need the BIOS information at all (I
> have a few machines where the BIOS has no idea I've even got IDE drives,
> but Linux knows). If you're only running Linux you're ok.
Not quite. If you're using LILO to boot off t
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ivan wrote:
: Hello,
:
: The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
: Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
linux is almost always right. But to check, just head over to the
Quantum web site and look up the part number.
: DOS & BIOS on the other
>Did you put a 2 GB drive in your computer? Most likely it's a 2GB but
>DOS is so horribly broken that it only sees the first 504 MB of the
>drive. Just be glad Linux isn't and use the whole 2 gigs. (No, you
>don't need to upgrade your bios, unless it's giving you boot errors,
>but there should
On 17 Nov, ivan wrote:
> The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
> Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
>
> which indicates a 2GB drive. CFDisk agrees and will let me partition to 2GB.
>
> DOS & BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and so does the
> Raneesh
Hello,
The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
which indicates a 2GB drive. CFDisk agrees and will let me partition to 2GB.
DOS & BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and so does the
Raneesh Partition Manager.
The machin
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