Re: Setting up Debian - II
If I recall correctly, the limitation is in the BIOS. This is
well-documented at IBM's web site. The issue is also clearly identified on
Andries Brouwer's web pages
In his section "12.1 IDE problems with 34+ GB disks" he goes on to identify
patches for 2.0.38 and 2.2.12. He further says that the 2.2.14 kernels do
support these disks, and as I write I am downloading this version. He also
indicates that the problem can be 'solved' in hardware by a clip, and
referring to DELL's documentation, I see the clip configuration
Once my download is complete, I may just reboot after changing the jumpers,
check my partitioning, and see whether the Debian 2.1 CD-ROM loads, and if
I'm still alive and playful, I can also check Red Hat 6.1, The Debian 2.1
download I finished earlier this evening, and/or the 2.2.14 I'm in the
middle of now
A veritable embarrassment of riches, eh?
Thanks to all my correspondents (and I thought I was living dangerously
riding around on my Harley!)
David
----- Original Message -----
From: aphro <nate@firetrail.com>
To: davidturetsky <davidturetsky@email.msn.com>
Cc: paul <paul@cvanet.com>; Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>;
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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II
> im not sure about your drive but i have a couple 37GB ibms and they have a
> jumper on them that restricts access to 32GB and below, some bios's can't
> handle going past 32GB. check to make sure, if you have a drive that has
> the jumper that its not set.
>
> nate
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky wrote:
>
> davidt >Many thanks, Paul
> davidt >
> davidt >Professor Brouwer's Large Disk HOWTO is great (really an
understatement),
> davidt >highly readable, and quite thorough, and in fact specifically
discusses the
> davidt >issues of my 34GB IBM hard drive
> davidt >
> davidt >DELL has done something in the current BIOS to restrict access to
32.x GB as
> davidt >a general workaround to this problem, so I will explore whether I
may have
> davidt >inadevertently omitted formatting and with their BIOS workaround
whether I
> davidt >can install the Debian 2.1 CD-ROM distribution in hand
> davidt >
> davidt >If not, I can always download 2.3.21 which apparently resolves the
> davidt >addressing issues
> davidt >
> davidt >All the feedback is much appreciated
> davidt >
> davidt >David
> davidt >
> davidt >----- Original Message -----
> davidt >From: paul <paul@cvanet.com>
> davidt >To: davidturetsky <davidturetsky@email.msn.com>
> davidt >Cc: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> davidt >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:42 AM
> davidt >Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II
> davidt >
> davidt >
> davidt >> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky
<davidturetsky@email.msn.com> wrote:
> davidt >> >
> davidt >> > >I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM
hard drive
> davidt >as
> davidt >> > >follows:
> davidt >> > > c: 6,997.0 mb
> davidt >> > > / 39.2 mb
> davidt >> > > swap 258.8 mb
> davidt >> > > /usr 5,004.6 mb
> davidt >> > > e: 20,332.2 mb
> davidt >> >
> davidt >> > Is this a typo or are you trying to reserve 39.2 megs for the
root
> davidt >> > system? Keep in mind that this partition will contain
everything below
> davidt >> > / except /usr, so this setup would be unusable.
> davidt >> >
> davidt >> I would reccomend you to read the Large Disk HowTo available
from:
> davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html
> davidt >> and the Linux Partition HowTo available from:
> davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Partition.html
> davidt >>
> davidt >> These documents together should cover most of what is needed to
make a
> davidt >custom
> davidt >> partitioning strategy that will cover your needs.
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