Hi!
6-Июн-2006 00:13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
>> >> JH> Is there any way to fix this "too many cylinders" problem,
>> >> 1. Backup contents of questioned disk.
>> >> 2. Remove (by FDISK) from disk all partitions.
>> >> 3. Reboot and ensure, that in BIOS setup turned on LBA mode.
>> >> 4. Repartition disk (by FDISK or somethink like Partition Magic).
>> >> After this there should be all fine.
EA> It should be possible to do this A LOT easier.
Your "easier" is much less safer. Sometime "non-optimized" ways are
preferable (especially for newbies).
EA> 1. Backup important data, of course
EA> 2. use a GOOD partition editor (not MS FDISK... preferrably something
EA> with a reasonable user interface and something which you are good
EA> at using, but actually even Linux FDISK will be good enough...) to
EA> change the partition type to LBA
EA> 3. Reboot. The rest should fall into place correctly now.
EA> List of common partition types:
[...]
_This_ is easier?! You joke.
EA> The "cylinder > 1024" error message can have 2 causes:
[...]
EA> It is easy to fix 2. with a tool like Linux fdisk, but it is also
EA> very easy to break your whole partitioning scheme while attempting
This is what I mean, what say, that your way is less safer.
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