Large Hard-drive not detected by BIOS/Linux

[John Winter]

Hi,   I'm on the phone to Paul William, he brought a new 120gb seagate hard-drive he is trying to install on his linux router (very mission critical). The BIOS refuses to detect it and will hang regardless of any BIOS settings unless he puts the jumper on that limits the drive to 32gb. The BIOS was produced in 1997 and is an AWARD BIOS. Is there a way in linux to override the drives 32gb jumper limit, or has anyone had a similar problem and managed to find a way around it. His kernel version is 2.4.18 running Debian woody.   Thanks,   John Winter (on behalf of Paul William)