Matthias Murra
> Hope this has helped to make my point a bit clearer. :-)
Indeed. As it turns out, my CD file hierarchy is all messed up so it is
_impossible_ to install right now. Thanks anyway!
- d.
"David Kane-Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can pass the geometry to the kernel 'til the cows come home 'cause 2.0.x
> won't see higher than 8.4GB.
Because you've been responding on the list to messages that haven't
been on the list (at least, I haven't seen them), I'm not sure what
makes y
Karl J Klug wrote:
> HmI don't know Can you pass the geometry to the kernel? If
> the boot messages show the correct C/H/S geometry, then the problem is
> with cfdisk, I guess. There's probably a way to force fdisk to use a
> particular geometry, but I've never tried it. Try looking
>> How come? I simply created a partition that would hold the basic Debian
>> slink system on the "8.4 GB drive" that cfdisk detected in conjunction
>> with the 2.0.x kernel, when what in fact I had was a 10 GB drive.
>
>Certainly an option, but I was holding out for a more out-of-the-box
>solution
Matthias Murra wrote:
> Your BIOS shouldn't be a problem then. Have you checked the BIOS
> settings?
Yeah, all the settings are Linux-friendly.
> How come? I simply created a partition that would hold the basic Debian
> slink system on the "8.4 GB drive" that cfdisk detected in conjunction
> with
>My BIOS is dated 6/8/99 and the Official CD, which I am trying to install
>from, uses a 2.0.36 kernel.
Your BIOS shouldn't be a problem then. Have you checked the BIOS settings?
>I've read the HOWTO, but installing a 2.2.x kernel is not an option yet
>since I haven't been able to install Debian
Matthias Murra wrote:
> I guess you're using a motherboard with a not-so-recent BIOS (like mine,
> which is from 1997) and a 2.0.x kernel.
My BIOS is dated 6/8/99 and the Official CD, which I am trying to install
from, uses a 2.0.36 kernel.
> Please see the Large Disk Mini HOWTO on details concer
>My BIOS won't tell me what C/H/S settings are being used, just size in MB,
>but I caught the C/H/S settings from the boot kernel (1024/240/63).
>However, I also found the data sheet for my hard drive, and although I'm not
>sure how to decipher it, I'm pretty sure the boot kernel C/H/S settings wer
Karl J Klug wrote:
> I think this is the drive that was in the Thinkpad we installed Linux on.
> We used
>
> 1825/240/63
>
> for the parameters.
I tried, but not matter what I entered, it kept seeing 1024/240/63. As a
test of sorts, I tried to install FreeBSD and it came off without a hitch.
Wha
Karl J Klug wrote:
> Look at the disk settings in your BIOS to see what C/H/S settings are
> being used. If you can figure out what disk you have you can get
> the real C/H/S settings from the manufacturers web site.
My BIOS won't tell me what C/H/S settings are being used, just size in MB,
but I
Karl J Klug wrote:
> Specify disk geometry when you boot:
Is there a way to find out what disk geometry to specify?
Why isn't it detected correctly / why is it detected incorrectly?
Thanks in advance!
- d.
I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a
14.1GB hard drive. Currently, Win98 has half of it and I am hoping to give
Linux the other half. During the partitioning part of the installation
process, however, cfdisk tells me, "yes, Win98 has a 6740MB partition, but
t
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