> I've got my first notebook a Dell Inspiron 5000. For all I've read, > I thought this one would work with Linux. But: > First thing, Linux complains about the harddisk which was preinstalled > with WIN98 (sorry for the words...). It has 12GB. After killing all > partitions under DOS, formatting and the mbr, Linux pretends to see a > 7,7GB harddisk. > Is this a known bug with some controllers ? Is there a driver to fix it ? > Any other ideas ?
``Linux says''... fdisk? disk druid? other partitioning programs? 12GB is quite big (==new? ==unsupported?) for a LapTop drive. I have no idea what it could be. Did you check www.dell.com? For a couple of their laptop lines they provide linux drivers. +--- Kero ---------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---+ | If there were no hell to pay, would you still need a God? | | -- Leah Androne | +--- M38C --------------- http://www.huizen.dds.nl/~kero ---+
