Re: big IBM harddisk => works now!

2001-06-28 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, virtanen wrote: -=[snip]=- v> 2) I used 'resc' and 'root' disks to start installation process to get v> into 'initialising a harddisk'. Is there any other tool available to do v> this? cfdisk /dev/hdc mke2fs /dev/hdc? - where the ? is the partition number .. v> 3) Now the

Re: big IBM harddisk => works now!

2001-06-28 Thread virtanen
Hi, thanks for all, who gave me advice/ideas what to do! On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Lars Knudsen wrote: > Have you tried putting the disk on the secondary ide interface and > disabling > the secondary ide interface in the bios ? I know it sounds like a stupid > thing > to do, but linux does not use t

Re: [users] big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach nico de haer (on Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:06:13PM +0200): > I've tried this '32 Gb clip' and it does allow me to boot using my 40 Gb, > but i've been unable to get access to the last 8 Gb. I've been experimenting > with the 'hdx=c,h,s' parameter but all i can get are screens filled with all

Re: [users] big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread nico de haer
d related errors rangeing from 'bad superblock' to 'seek error' and loads of others. Have you found a way to access the full drive capacity? Yours, Nico de Haer - Original Message - From: virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wed

Re: big IBM harddisk (fwd)

2001-06-27 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > virtanen wrote: > > I tried, but if I connect my IBM, the machine doesn't boot at all... > > This sounds pretty much like a hardware failure to me. I had a > problem when one of my harddrives was broken. I always got a drive > error and the PC wouln't

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread virtanen
This is not bad info at all, which you're telling, thanks alot. On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Lars Knudsen wrote: > Sorry for breaking netiquette by jumping into the middle of a thread but > here goes... > > Several months ago I bought a 46GB IBM disk that I tried to install in a > PC with the same r

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread Lars Knudsen
virtanen wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > > > Some more info. > > > > > > 1) Make sure your system boots using your 1 Gb hdd > > > 2) Check what your kernel says about hdd's (dmesg is your friend) > > > 3) Once you have found it use (c)fdisk to create partitions, and

Re: [users] big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread virtanen
Hi, thanks a lot. On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach virtanen (on Mon, 25 Jun 2001 04:28:04PM +0300): > > I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. > > try setting the jumper called "32Gb clip" > even the LBA enabled BIOSs still can't handle >32Gb, so you'll lose > 8Gb, but in my c

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread Jordi S. Bunster
>> Good info. I had a 486/66MHz system. I pulled out the huge >> 350mb hard drive and installed my 20Gb wd. The bios seen >> *something* and then I installed debian. Never had a hitch >> with it.I don't really think debian gives a rip what the >> bios thinks at any rate! Is actually Linux who does

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread Frank Zimmermann
virtanen wrote: On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: I tried, but if I connect my IBM, the machine doesn't boot at all... This sounds pretty much like a hardware failure to me. I had a problem when one of my harddrives was broken. I always got a drive error and the PC wouln't bo

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-27 Thread virtanen
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > Some more info. > > > > 1) Make sure your system boots using your 1 Gb hdd > > 2) Check what your kernel says about hdd's (dmesg is your friend) > > 3) Once you have found it use (c)fdisk to create partitions, and add > > filesystems using the no

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread csj
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 11:38, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Good info. I had a 486/66MHz system. I pulled out the huge 350mb > hard drive and installed my 20Gb wd. The bios seen *something* and > then I installed debian. Never had a hitch with it.I don't really > think debian gives a rip what the b

Re: [users] big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach virtanen (on Mon, 25 Jun 2001 04:28:04PM +0300): > I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. try setting the jumper called "32Gb clip" even the LBA enabled BIOSs still can't handle >32Gb, so you'll lose 8Gb, but in my case, the BIOS did detect the drive. martin; (greetings fro

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread nico de haer
Hi all, I have a (bold) idea that *might* solve the "My bios does not see my Big HDD" problem. There are several 'magical' boundries in bios/hdd land created in the last years. these are: 2.1 Gb (mostly on 486) 8.4 Gb (Pentium class mostly) 32.8 Gb (even recent pc's have this one) note: Don

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread virtanen
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > Hi, > > Some more info. > > 1) Make sure your system boots using your 1 Gb hdd > 2) Check what your kernel says about hdd's (dmesg is your friend) > 3) Once you have found it use (c)fdisk to create partitions, and add > filesystems using the normal

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread nico de haer
0 (whoepsy) regards, Nico de Haer - Original Message - From: virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nico de haer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:37 AM Subject: Re: big IBM harddisk > On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > > Hi, > > >

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread virtanen
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I installed a 40Gb Western Digital hard drive over the weekend into my PII > 300 machine as a second drive. My BIOS didn't recognise it, but Debian did. > Have you tried installing it as a second drive? Of course, if you want to > be able to boot f

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-26 Thread virtanen
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > Hi, > > I own a IBM DTLA 304050 (41.1 Gb) and i have the same problem using it on my > Abit LX6 mainboard. > To solve it i installed a second hdd (old 1 gb seagate) as hda (told bios > about it) the ibm as hdc (did NOT tell bios about it) and my cdrom is

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Good info. I had a 486/66MHz system. I pulled out the huge 350mb hard drive and installed my 20Gb wd. The bios seen *something* and then I installed debian. Never had a hitch with it.I don't really think debian gives a rip what the bios thinks at any rate! tatah On Monday 25 June 2001 16:37,

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread KenrickC
>Hi, >I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. >My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. >The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk >at >all. >The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the >problem >doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using tha

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Sebastian Nerz
o check it. There are > > > > issues > > > > with drives that large and usability... all three of my Abit > > > > motherboards > > > > have had BIOS updates specifically to deal with drives that big and > > > > larger. > > > > > > > > -

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread nico de haer
and the kernel 'finds' the IBM. i know, it's a workaround, but it does work. Regards, Nico de haer - Original Message - From: virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: big IBM harddisk > Hi, > > I purchased a new 40 G

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Aquila
s that large and usability... all three of my Abit motherboards > > > have had BIOS updates specifically to deal with drives that big and > > > larger. > > > > > > - > > > Marc Wilson > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > &

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Andrew Perrin
es specifically to deal with drives that big and larger. > > > > - > > Marc Wilson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson > > > > -Original Message- > > From: virtanen [mailto:[EMA

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Aquila
irtanen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:28 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: big IBM harddisk > > Hi, > > I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. > > My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. > > The problem is that t

RE: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Marc Wilson
Original Message- From: virtanen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:28 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:big IBM harddisk Hi, I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. The problem is that the motherboard do

Re: big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. > > My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. > > The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand > the harddisk at all. > > Anybody knows, what to do? Take a look at the LILO HOWTO here: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html Of interest t

big IBM harddisk

2001-06-25 Thread virtanen
Hi, I purchased a new 40 G IBM harddisk. My box is an old 100 MHz Pentium, with slot 5. The problem is that the motherboard doesn't understand the harddisk at all. The IBM own (DOS) program, which is supposed to help to fix the problem doesn't help. Even if I boot the box using that IBM set