On Sun, 7 May 2000, Gerald Davies wrote:
>i wanted to quickly erase linux (a temporary measure you see). So i erased
>some of the partitions using ms-dos fdisk. now theres one slight problem...
>i cannot see the whole HD in any O/S. In both windoze and linux it says
>theres 503meg free.. when its a 2.6gig HD.
>
>I've tried a lowlevel format but it still only allows 503meg ...
There may be something wrong with the BIOS in your computer. If that is
too old, there is a limit to the max. diskspace it can see. Maybe you can
check that, or use a separate HD controller, That fixes the problem often.
Paul
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