hi ya jesse
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jesse Meyer wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > > > I am trying to install a 120 GB hard drive as a third hard drive on a
> > > > Pentium 75 with a cmd640 IDE interface. I am attempting to replace a
> > > > 60GB hard drive that has been working without any problems. When I
> > > > install the 120GB hard drive Linux only sees it as a 132 MB hard drive.
> > > > Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? Below is the boot up
> > > > messages with the 60GB hard drive as the third drive (hdc) and the 120
> > > > GB hard drive as the fourth drive (hdd).
> >
> > the cable nor controller should affect "capacity" it sees
> >
> > root# fdisk -l /dev/hdc
> > -- should tell you how many cylnder/sector/heads it thinks there is
> >
> > i suspect your p5 mb is too too old
> > - check that the bio supports ata-66/ata-100/ata-133
> > ( probably doesnt )
> >
> > - check that the jumpers on the drive is setup for "big disk"
> > ( jumper setting varies w/ manufacturer (ibm, maxtor, wd, seagate)
> >
> > - check the kernel supports the ide chipset on the mb
>
> bzzt! Misleading, if not wrong.
guess i didn't write clearly enuff ... aint da 1st time :-)
> After linux boots, it does not use the bios to deal with any other
> disks.
see the line "fdisk -l /dev/hdc" ... that's the equivalent of your comment
> For example, I have an old p166 which has a 80 gig HDD as the
> secondary master drive. Although the bios doesn't see it, linux uses it
> without a problem, and has been for over a year now. (Linux even
> enables SMART on it, which the bios does not understand).
>
> So, while you might have a few problems booting from a 120 GB HDD, you
> should have no problems accessing a 120 GB HDD once booted.
i think the problem is he wants to boot off the 120GB disk ...
and the system wont boot until it knows what to do with 120GB disk
- if the bios doesn't know what to do... it wont boot
and since it sees it as 130MB, its an old bios that wont
work
- if you have an initrd .. you can make it work and boot off
the 120GB disk
once linux is up and running, double check your disk capacities
c ya
alvin
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