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[NMLUG] big disks
Looks right, good link!
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 02:09:37PM -0400, Daniel Lark wrote:
> > I don't think the bios is involved, doesn't linux operate the
> > controller itself and ignore the bios completely? I wonder
> > if you've got an old controller or there's some other problem
> > with the disk.
>
> That's not entirely true. You can override the BIOS to an extent, but
> not completely.
>
> It sounds like this is the case on Aaron's system. Take a look at:
> http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB128-c.html. The answer seems
> to be to add a newer ATA133 controller. It seems to be a problem with
> ATA33/66/100 only being able to with LBA48 addressing.
>
> -dan
>
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