Re: Large Hard-drive not detected by BIOS/Linux

[Michael]

Out of curiosity how long did you wait for the HDD to be detected by the 
BIOS?  I have a machine that takes about 3 to 5 minutes every reboot just 
detecting the 80GB drive before booting.  In fact, I can't boot off it 
either and so I have to use a grub boot disk (floppy) to start linux.

I should really backup that floppy now that I think about it.

Michael.

At 03:40 p.m. 20/01/2003 -0800, you wrote:
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)