[Gllug] Preparing large hard disk for Debian install

[Jim Bailey]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:44:47AM +0100, Taylor James wrote:
> [Sent for the second time as I don't think it went to the list the first
> time - apologies if you are receiving this for the second time]
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I just bought a 180GB hard disk, and partitioned it for dual booting linux
> and windows using fdisk.
> 
> Having installed windows on the primary partition (80GB), I tried installing
> Debian on the second partition but the tool the installer uses to create and
> format linux partitions (cfdisk) wont run and gives an error (something
> like): "FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends after
> end-of-disk". I'm guessing it just doesn't support large hard disks. So
> basically, what tool(s) should I use to prepare my linux partition before
> starting the Debain installation? The user-friendlier the better!


Could be barking up the wrong tree here but this could be a BIOS issue
there are problems with earlier BIOS not been able to see beyond 137GB.
See this link for further info.

http://www.upgradingandrepairingpcs.com/articles/upgrade04_02_02.asp

Peace Jim

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