Re: Kernel / atari-fdisk problem with IDE-HD > 8,4 GB
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Joerg Reinecke wrote:
> the problem is already discussed on IBM's storage-server at:
>
> http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/linuxfaqs.htm
>
> with a link to:
>
> http://www.deva.net/LDP/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html
> >-------------------------
>
> so I fetched the latest , some days ago, atari-installation disks which
> a 2.0.36 -
Nope, it's 2.2.10 (talking about the potato boot-floppies).
> I guess ?? - Kernel and put it an my Linux-Boot-directory and
> modified my bootstrap.arg - file to use this Kernel instead.
>
> With 'diskus' i wiped out the oversized partition overlapping the
> 16383/16/63-barrier.
>
> unfortunatly it did not fix the problem, atari-fdisk - which is 0.7.1 -
> reports
> still errors. reporting the disk-size to the 16383/16/63
> industry-agreement as mentioned above.
And what does the kernel boot messages say?
Michael
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