From: Mark Lundeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: stage1_lba trouble
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:04:43 -0700 (PDT)
> allows for 1 Gb access (by allowing 32 heads). The manual mentions a 528
> Mb limit for normal mode, and of course 8.4 G for LBA.
Really? LBA should allow to access <2TB.
> My bios is from around 1995 (I think). It is an Award Software bios. I
> wouldn't be suprised if it's the bios' fault. I'll try to put some extra
> code in stage1_lba so I can find out which part it fails at.
I can imagine three possible causes. The first is a bug in GRUB. The
second is a bug in your BIOS. The third is just because your drive
does not support LBA. I think the third is plausible, since old and
relatively small hard disk drives don't support LBA normally, and
some hard disk drives have jumpers for switching the access mode.
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