Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > That's only for older operating systems. Linux 2.2 will probably only > > see 8G by default (but can be forced to recognise the rest if you pass > > the appropriate parameters). Linux 2.4 should recognise the full size of > > the drive. > >

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 08:35, Glenn Becker wrote: > Hi, > > Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with > a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell > of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. > > I've heard of older machine

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread burningclown
> That's only for older operating systems. Linux 2.2 will probably only see 8G > by default (but can be forced to recognise the rest if you pass the > appropriate parameters). Linux 2.4 should recognise the full size of the > drive. What are the parameters you mention and where should they b

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:35, Glenn Becker wrote: > Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with > a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell > of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. > > I've heard of older machines having a "

Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. I've heard of older machines having a "large drive" problem, but was wondering what - if a

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > That's only for older operating systems. Linux 2.2 will probably only > > see 8G by default (but can be forced to recognise the rest if you pass > > the appropriate parameters). Linux 2.4 should recognise the full size of > > the drive. > >

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 08:35, Glenn Becker wrote: > Hi, > > Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with > a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell > of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. > > I've heard of older machin

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread burningclown
> That's only for older operating systems. Linux 2.2 will probably only see 8G > by default (but can be forced to recognise the rest if you pass the > appropriate parameters). Linux 2.4 should recognise the full size of the > drive. What are the parameters you mention and where should they

Re: Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:35, Glenn Becker wrote: > Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with > a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell > of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. > > I've heard of older machines having a

Large HD problem(s) with older Laptop

2002-01-13 Thread Glenn Becker
Hi, Successfully replaced my 2.1G HD on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT with a 30G-er I won off eBay. Re-installed Win98 (ecch) and just for the hell of it, checked the drive size ... it seems to be only 8G. I've heard of older machines having a "large drive" problem, but was wondering what - if