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[NMLUG] big disks
I'd apt-get install kernel-package then download any 2.4 kernel that you wish
do a regular make menuconfig or what ever you usually do. Then run make-kpkg
kernel-image and it should make a .deb of that kernel. No need to run the
whole machine up to unstable.
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:55:22AM -0600, Aaron Birenboim wrote:
> 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
> >
>
> I may or may not have a hardware or bios limit on the disk
> size here. I definately have a limit with the kernel.
> I am running debian stable on a dual 1GHz machine.
> The latest kernel for debian stable is 2.4.18.
> It appears that large IDE support STARTED with 2.4.19.
>
> Not wanting to get too far off the "stable" line, I tried
> to patch to 2.4.19. It failed miserably. Conflicts.
> Either debian's stable kernel is waaaaay patched up, or
> I goofed someplace.
>
> So... what can I do? This is a production machine, and I'm
> a little afraid to tinker with it.
>
> What was that software that allows you to use SOME unstable
> packages on a stable debian system? Should I use this
> to get a newer kernel?
>
> or... can I switch over to the unstable distro totally?
>
> Also... I have some more machines to build in the near future...
> which debian image should I get as a starting poing for "unstable".
> I'm currently using some flavor of "woody". Is there something
> else I should use for "stable" systems?
> Woody is circa 2001, but it sure looks to me like this is
> the latest and greatest debian stable image. I was assuming
> that "apt-get upgrade" just took me from circa 2001 stable to
> the current stable distro.
>
> I have some machines which are very conservative servers... stable.
> Some development/testing machines for which unstable might be a
> better choice (in order to get the latest and greatest software).
>
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