Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-10 Thread Daniel Barclay
> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 20:29:22 -0500 (CDT) > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > From: Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Daniel Barclay said: > > > From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-07 Thread Kenneth Scharf
>> Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios >> sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). > > >Why are so many computer users so ignorant of >international >standards? Yeah I know 16.8 x 1.024 = 17.2 Only I have a maxtor 5.4gb drive that IS reported by the bios as 5400mb. Seems

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
Daniel Barclay said: > > From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios > > sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). > > Why are so many computer users so ignorant of international > standards? What do international standards have to do

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-07 Thread Daniel Barclay
> From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios > sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). Why are so many computer users so ignorant of international standards? Daniel

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-06 Thread Ron Stordahl
Alexis Maldonado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said : I read a FAQ on www.westerndigital.com about hard drives bigger than 8.4GB, : and it gave a good explanation for the posibility of problems like this : happening. It is related to a limitation on the IDE standards, if you want : more info, check that arti

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-06 Thread Alexis Maldonado
Hello! On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 07:52:36PM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I bought a new HD (and a new MB and cpu for that matter. BIG upgrade. > Re-installing EVERYTHING!) > > I am running debian 2.1. Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios > sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a littl

Re: hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-06 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya... but primarily, just make sure you are using LBA mode in the PC bios... ( LBA vs auto mode vs normal mode... etc... auto detect is okay... ( auto on the left side of the bios screen ) - i have a few 10/13/17 GB maxtors all over the place... - some older fdisk cannot handle large disks..

hard disks more than 8gb

1999-09-06 Thread Kenneth Scharf
I bought a new HD (and a new MB and cpu for that matter. BIG upgrade. Re-installing EVERYTHING!) I am running debian 2.1. Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). But linux fdisk only sees half of this. MS fdisk sees ALL of the disk. I th