Re: disk geometry confussion

2004-10-19 Thread piotr . smyrak
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:23:38 +0200, Alex de Kruijff wrote On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:30:51PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please enlighten me. What way I should follow? First, make sure you've updated your machine to the most recent BIOS. Next, check the BIOS

Re: disk geometry confussion

2004-10-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please enlighten me. What way I should follow? First, make sure you've updated your machine to the most recent BIOS. Next, check the BIOS config about your disk drives, and if there exists an option to allow you to choose LBA mode rather than C/H/S, use LBA mode.

Re: disk geometry confussion

2004-10-07 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:30:51PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please enlighten me. What way I should follow? First, make sure you've updated your machine to the most recent BIOS. Next, check the BIOS config about your disk drives, and if there exists an option

disk geometry confussion

2004-10-06 Thread piotr . smyrak
Hi, I had a disk failure recently, and bought a new drive afterwards. it is 80GB WD800BB model. I went on with a fast install to restore my ability to work. I created a small slice in the leading gigas. Now I wanted to go on with slicing the disk, but I got stuck. When I get to sysinstall's