Most probably your bios/partition program uses LBA adressing, and linux does
not, so same number of blocks (read from the partition table, the same for
every program) but of smaller size (normal vs LBA) may accout for your
situation.
Try passing the argument hdX=lba to the kernel maybe ?
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> It sounds very good to me, i understand you perfectly, now,
> can you think of any reason why in the BIOS i can see the
> 40Gb disk and when i'm going to create the partitions, on
> linux, it only reads 8Gb?
An old (too old) version of fdisk or cfdisk ?? I don't know which you're
using... It lo
can see the 40Gb disk and when i'm going to
> create the partitions, on linux, it only reads 8Gb?
>
> Jenner
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> Nope,
> It just means that when using LBA (provided your BIOS ain't antique!), you
will be able to address above the 8GB point. Booting from BEYOND 8GB
Choose LBA!
Make sure that your /boot mountpoint is somewhere BEFORE the 8GB point!!
Jenner Almánzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Everybody!!!
>
> I'm still having problem with the my new computer's disk installing linux, it
> only recognize 8Gb from 40Gb disk. I try enabling large disk thr
> I'm still having problem with the my new computer's disk installing
> linux, it only recognize 8Gb from 40Gb disk. I try enabling large
> disk through the BIOS?
Take a look at the Large Disk HOWTO here:
http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html
Specifically, sections (5) and (4), talk a
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:14:23AM -0400, Jenner Alm?nzar wrote:
> Hi Everybody!!!
>
> I'm still having problem with the my new computer's disk installing linux, it
> only recognize 8Gb from 40Gb disk. I try enabling large disk through the BIOS?
>
> In the BIOS i got these options:
> - CHS
> - L
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