Hello Ulf Jaenicke-Rößler (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> somewhat returning to Debian from a long time break I had to install > (admittedly not current version) 3.0-r0 on a PC with a new 250GB hard > drive. The harddrive was "pre-partitioned" with a CD of a rescue set > (rescuecd.sf.net) that is based on Sarge without problems. > Unfortunately it seems that cfdisk as well as fdisk from 3.0-r0 fail > on that large disk. Kernel 2.4.18 does not support LBA48, which is needed to use hard disks > 128 GB. You need to install using a newer kernel, either by installing Sarge, or by using a inofficial boot disk with a recent kernel. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]