List, I have a very odd hardware problem, and I cannot guess, which hardware is at fault. (It might turn up to be a BIOS problem too, but read on to help me out, if you can)
I have a SAMSUNG HDD, 80 GB, and everytime I power my system up, the BIOS shows up the disk space as 33280MB (32/33 GB approx) of HDD space, leading to GRUB also failing to recognize the partition to boot from (or at-least display the GRUB menu). To actually determine what the problem is, I pop in a LIVE CD, which should automatically mount FAT32 partitions but doesn't. So, I start a terminal and mount them manually. I restart the machine, and voila! the BIOS now detects the HDD as a 80 GB HDD, and the grub menu is seen. If I later, shutdown the computer (with AC supply still in) this configuration of 80 GB is lost. It again shows up 332xx MB (32/33 GB approx) in the BIOS and I have to reboot it through the LIVE CD and do everything all again. Though I don't mind doing this, I guess, it is simply a (machine) killer for the DVD+-RW drive that I have recently purchased. I initially assumed it to be a problem with the Data Cable, but it isn't so. Next, I assumed it to be a problem with the HDD itself, but that is unlikely, since once it boots, there are no problems. The partitions don't throw Filesystem errors. Third, I assume it to be a problem with the motherboad (the /bridges/ ?), but that too is *very* unlikely, since, once the 80 GB is detected, it works without problems. So, it could be a BIOS problem, but can anyone confirm on this? If I have to upgrade my BIOS (2002 version, I guess) I think, it is a very risky thing to do (that's what manuals say). How do I further go about analysing or solving this problem? Is the Linux kernel able to invoke some hardware that reports the size to the BIOS which has failed? -- http://www.gnu.org.in Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
