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 connected as hdb. Linux boots using the 1 Gb drive 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: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:28 PM 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 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 setfix program, the > motherboard doesn't find the new harddisk at all. > > My system is Debian 'Potato'. > > Anybody knows, what to do? > > Hannu Virtanen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
