[sclug] Debian - Packages that are not listed?

[Scott Rixon]

cfdisk will see 137GB BIOS reads 8GB! Latest bios....

The 137 barrier wasn't broken until ATA100 I thought.... So I need to go
shopping for some kind of ATA controller...

Scott

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 23:44, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:35:18 +0000 (GMT)
> Alex Butcher <lug at assursys.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > I believe that's a BIOS issue, rather than anything else.
> > Alternatively, I have a hunch that as long as you install the
> > kernel/boot loader in <137GB, Linux should still be able to address
> > the rest of the disc.
> 
> I think you're right, but if the original poster puts the disk in and
> runs fdisk/cfdisk/sfdisk/hdparm on it, he will be able to find out how
> much of the disk Linux can see.
> 
> K.
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