Bug#260225: Sarge installer not recognising partition table for disk larger than 137GB

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

I don't know if this is relevant, but some IDE controllers only
recognize the first 128 GB(binary) = 137*10^9 bytes.

Is it possible that your controller has two modes?  Windows uses one
mode that recognizes the whole disk, and Linux uses the other
(compatibility?) mode that only recognizes the first 137 GB(decimal)...?

I haven't tried a big disk on an x86 box, but on my Beige G3 PowerMacs,
I have to use a SIIG UltraIDE PCI controller to see the tail-ends of my
larger disks.  The on-board IDE controller that Apple built into those
boxes refuses to see beyond 137 GB(decimal).

For what it's worth, the SIIG controller works fine with Linux -- as
well as with MacOS. 

Enjoy!

Rick