On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, virtanen wrote:
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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
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
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
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
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
>> 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
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
> 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
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
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
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
0
(whoepsy)
regards,
Nico de Haer
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From: virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: nico de haer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: big IBM harddisk
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
>
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
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
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,
>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
Hy guys...
Have you ever tried a little BIOS-Flash?
Could be the solution. (With my computer it worked)
regards
Sebastian Nerz
Aquila schrieb:
> Hey, it was just a suggestion. My point was that reasonably new
> components are affordable, that's all.
>
> On 25 Jun 2001 12:36:33 -0500, Andrew P
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 an
Hey, it was just a suggestion. My point was that reasonably new
components are affordable, that's all.
On 25 Jun 2001 12:36:33 -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Now that's awfully silly; what if his needs are storage and not
> processing? The last thing linux folks ought to be doing is following the
Now that's awfully silly; what if his needs are storage and not
processing? The last thing linux folks ought to be doing is following the
Microsoft "You must have at least a 1Ghz processor to write a shopping
list" line.
On motherboards.com, he'll pay approx. $300 for a new motherboard and CPU,
*a
I think, if you can afford a 40G hard drive, and is still on a P100,
it's time to upgrade... (motherboard included)...
On 25 Jun 2001 09:06:46 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> I think you're referring to IBM's program that allows you to control the DMA
> mode of the drive. That won't have anything to
I think you're referring to IBM's program that allows you to control the DMA
mode of the drive. That won't have anything to do with getting the drive
detected by the BIOS.
Even if it can't talk to it, it should at least see it. Check cables, check
power, perhaps put the drive into another PC to
> 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
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