Re: [Can't get full capacity of my disk!]

[rathon]

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 The Maxtor software split the new drive into 4 partitions labeled as "D",
"E", "F", "G", 
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Would not recommend using Maxtor software. I had used 'EZ-Drive' by Western
Digital on a new WD drive and these softwares uses some propietary IDE
schemes. You are better off with fdisk or cfdisk

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 I can't use full capacity of my disk.  It only give a MAXIMUN of only 2014
MB(2G) to split my ...
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Does your BIOS detect the full 6G ?

Rathon





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Re: Can't get full capacity of my disk!

[Brandon Mitchell]

[ cfdisk reports a 6+ gig drive as 2 gigs ]

Two things to check
1) press  to get a terminal and type "dmesg" to see all the
kernel bootup messages.  Scroll up using  and look for where
the kernel detects hdc to verify it works correct.

2) try fdisk from that terminal ("fdisk /dev/hdc" should work).  It's not
as pretty, but seems to work where cfdisk falls short.

HTH,
Brandon

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Can't get full capacity of my disk!

[CJ]

Hi,

I just buy a new hard drive (Maxtor 6.4G). I want to dedicate this 
new Maxtor drive to linux. So I leave my old hard drive as a "master" on the 
first IDE bus (the old drive has DOS/win95), and set my new Maxtor drive 
as a "master" also on the second IDE bus. 

OK, here is the problem.
On my first attempt to install "hamm" (CD), I partition my new Maxtor 
drive using the Maxtor software included. The Maxtor software split the 
new drive into 4 partitions labeled as "D", "E", "F", "G", each partition 
with a MAXIMUN OF ONLY 2.0 G. Someone told me that the reason for this is 
the limitation of DOS/win95 FAT16, so I am OK with and start to install "hamm". 
   -First, I ran boot.bat from DOS and it loads the kernel and all that 
   stuff...
   -Second, I switch to the color screen.
   -Third, I configurate the keyboard to English.
   -Then, the next is partitioning my hard drive, I pick "hdc" because
my new Maxtor drive is a "master" on the second IDE bus. I then 
press RETURN and I get this error message: 
 "FATAL ERROR, bad first primary partition"
 
How come?

Ok, so I reset my computer and start a second attempt to install.
I now delete all 4 partition on my new Maxtor hard drive using "fdisk"
from DOS. (So now I assume that I have one big free space of 6.4 G, I think)
Install "hamm" again.
-Get to the partitioning the hard drive part and pick "hdc" like 
 before. But this time I didn't get the error, YESSS! So now I am 
 in the "cfdisk" program and I notice another problem: 
   I can't use full capacity of my disk. 
   It only give a MAXIMUN of only 2014 MB(2G) to split my 
   linux partitions(I intend to have 4 linux partitions: swap, 
   /root, /usr, and /home).

   I thoungt I have 6.4 G on my new Maxtor drive, how come I 
   can't see the full capacity? 
   
   sigh! a man! SUCKS!
   If anyone knows the problem, PLEASE HELP.

Well, if you can't tell, I am a newbie
Thanks,

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