On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Ian C.Sison wrote:
..
> On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > hi,
> > need some help... i'm installing redhat 6.0 on my
> > 12Gb seagate harddisk. but redhat only detects 8Gb
> > size. is redhat not capable of handling above 8Gb of
> > harddisk size??? thank you in advance and good day to everyone.....
>
> It's not a linux problem, it's a BIOS problem not seeing correct
> geometry of your HD. You will need a new board to correctly detect
> your new HD's actual size.
this is incorrect. as I have mentioned in my earlier long post, the 8.4GB
limit is currently not solvable via a BIOS update. the earlier 528-Mb
limit is fixable via BIOS, but not this one.
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