I use Linux on HDDs set to both NORMAL and IDE and they all work. But
I'm talking of 2GB disks at most. I haven't tried anything bigger yet.
BTW, what kernel release are you using? A very old one (earlier than
2.0, say) may perhaps cause trouble with such a large disk.
- Manas Laha
>
> Does Installation of Linux on a HDD set to LBA mode give any problem ?
> (This relates to the earlier problem posted by me), for which I am yet to
> come up with a solution. LILO is not taking any input, and booting to the
> first default partition. My previous 1.2 GB HDD was not set to LBA, and
> the new 6.4 GB one, is set to LBA. Is that the problem ? (Changing the
> mode just for the sole purpose of testing, will mean, that I would need to
> reformat the entire disk !!!)
>
> Suvendra
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