Can we check what settings the kernel is compiled with without recompiling?
----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Large Hard-drive not detected by BIOS/Linux > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:40:13PM -0800, John Winter wrote: > > > 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. > > The first thing to try is to upgrade the BIOS if an update is > available... > > Alternatively, jumper the drive to (soft-)limit the disk to 32GB so that > the BIOS doesn't hang. Compile your kernel with CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE > (aka "Auto-Geometry Resizing support") if it doesn't already have this > option. This combination will allow Linux to detect and use the full > size of the disk. > > Note that CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE requires a kernel >= 2.4.19. > > -mjg > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
