On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Tom Laurie wrote:
> I'm trying to take a server that formally had Novell on it and make it a
> Linux server. When I boot up I get this error:
>
> A drive larger than 1 gigabyte has been detected with 64 head / 32 sector
> partitioning. This drive is not compatible with the 255 head / 63 sector
> translation which has been enabled on this adapter.
If you don't care about any of the data on the drive, try this:
(WARNING: This will DESTROY ALL DATA on the drive.)
(1) Boot any Linux CD or diskette to get a shell prompt
(2) Issue the command "dd bs=1024 count=1 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda"
(If the disk in question is not "hda", use whatever your disk is.)
This will zero the Master Boot Record and partition table, which should give
you a clean slate.
If that doesn't work, go into the system/controller BIOS setup and look for
an option to low-level format the drive.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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