you most probably have to either update your BIOS or run the disk as a 2GByte disk. Older BIOSes are not able to address harddisks larger than 2GByte and trying to circumvent this by manually entering the C/H/S values is asking for trouble....
In almost all cases you will find a newer BIOS on the homepage of the manufacturer of your motherboard. If you don't know the manufacturer you can also identify the motherboard by means of the FCC-Id or by the BIOS ID string when booting the machine. Uwe. Peter Vogel wrote: > > Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I think someone out there could save > me a lot of grey hair. > > I'm trying to configure the BIOS (Award) after installing a new hard > disk after one died, and have this problem. It is a 4.3GB drive, and the > BIOS incorrectly auto-detects it as 2GB. If I set the BIOS for "User" > type and enter the parameters from the drive, the correct size comes up > when I do fdisk and format, but then scandisk says the last cluster is > unreadable probably because the drive is not set to LBA. However, when > I select LBA in the BIOS, it does not allow me to enter my own drive > parameters. > > Any advice? > -- > Author: Peter Vogel > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Author: Uwe Zimmermann INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
