Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 07:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin McClelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
On Tue, 30 April 2002, "Cerulean Skies" wrote > > Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 05:44:35 +0000 > From: "Cerulean Skies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb > > So I'm finally taking the big step and am in the process of upgrading my HD > to a 20GB one. I'm following some advice I saw on the list a while ago, > using a windows boot disk's fdisk to partition out the first 8.4 minus > hibernation space, and a second hibernation partition, then use a disk > manager to partition the rest. However, when I tried to fdisk, it can only > see 7978 MB, and will only let me parition 1137 MB. Any ideas as to why? > I'm using a Win95 OSR2 boot disk, my BIOS hasn't been upgraded (it's still > 6.40), the HD is an IBM-DJSA-220. > > Shultz I would probably upgrade your BIOS first, then perform the install. Will you be putting Win9x back on the new drive, or going to Win2K or XP? When I replaced mine I think FDISK only saw the 8gb or so. I used EZBIOS to get past the 8gb limitation and Partition Magic to sort out the hibernation space. Try the BIOS upgrade first, then try to FDISK again. That might solve part of your problem. ------------------------------------------------- Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
