[97837] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Seagate 8.4 gig drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Lazor)
Thu Nov 5 11:25:48 1998
From: "Ed Lazor" <elazor@hcs.state.or.us>
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:23:46 -0000
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> linux hda=16383,16,63
> vmlinux hda=16363,16,63
> linux ide1=16383,16,63
The bios is attempting to deal with the drive geometry when it assigned it
1024 cyls... the controller itself is not helping things though. This must
be an old pentium or 486 system right?
:( It's a Pentium Pro 200 with an Intel Venus motherboard.
You might have to create an initial partition that falls well within what
the controller/bios reports... AFTER booting Linux, giving linux what the
BIOS sees as the drive geometry at the lilo prompt.
How do I do that? I'm guessing it's one of the parameters I've listed above
but I was guessing on those from a bootparam document I found. Which
command
would I enter?
Use the 1024 cyls manually entered when you start linux...
In the system BIOS or at the boot: and Lilo: prompts?
Put the root and the swap partition within the first 500 megs, then you
should be able to use the rest of the drive for other partitions...
Ahhh... I've been setting the first partition / (500mb), next the swap
(125mb).
I'll try changing that though when I get home.
Thanks for your help :)
-Ed
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