Older BIOSes will not detect hard disk space over 8.3 GB. See the webpage of
your hard disk manufacturer for a solution to this. See also:
http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-11.html
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From: Hashibon Adham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ILUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:21 AM
Subject: a small disk question
> Hi, once i installed linux RH5.1 on a system with a 9.2 scsi disk, every
> thing was allright (and the machine is still working great) except that
> 'df' shows arround 8.5GB of disk space, though i used all of the disk for
> linux (it had no prior installation on it) so what's wrong!
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> now i am getting a new 10.2GB disk (ide), would i be able to use all the
> disk!
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> Thanks in advance,
> adham
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