Re: [expert] Support large HD ( larger 45GB ) in Mandrake

[John Aldrich]

On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote:
> I bought a IBM 46GB IDE HD for my linux file server. But I use fdisk to
> partition this drive. It only report a 11GB space!!! My kernel is
> 2.2.15-6mdk which is the latest version in rpmfind.net... When I want to use
> hackkernel-2.3.99pre6-1.2mdk for my server, it cannot boot up with my HPT366
> IDE controller card.
> 
Try using LBA in BIOS. That might fix it..... sounds like
the hardware is misreporting the drive size.    
        John