RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
I've never had any such problems with both of my 6.4 Western Digital's,
both the 36400 and the 26400. I'd check they're being picked up
correctly by the probing (ie, C/H/S).. Other than that I'd look at BIOS
issues, but I seem to recall Linux doesn't use the BIOSes idea of drives
for a lot...
David Zanetti, Unix System Administrator, Information Technology Group
Wellington City Council, New Zealand. Phone x3354 or 04 801 3354
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Person, Roderick [SMTP:personrp@ccbh.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 1999 05:33
> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'; Person, Roderick; 'Lewis, James
> M. '
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> Subject: RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
>
> I don't think this is the case since this the drive is a Western
> Digital
> 26400 Caviar and it does report 6GB excatly it reports 6.14...GB
>
> > ----------
> > From: Lewis, James M. [SMTP:Jim.Lewis@alcoa.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:56 AM
> > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'; 'Person, Roderick'
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> > Subject: RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
> >
> > Just a guess. I think it sees the whole thing. Disk drive makers
> > sometimes use 1000bytes as 1k, whereas, most folks use 1024. The
> disk
> > folks think 1,000,000,000 bytes is 1G. Others think 1,073,741,824
> bytes
> > is 1G. 6 x 1G = 6,442,459,944 bytes. Which 6.4G if you use the
> 1000
> > for 1k base. It depends on which def of 1k you use. I suspect the
> > linux utilities use 1024=1k. Read the fine print to see what the
> drive
> > manufacturer uses for 1k.
> >
> > jim
> >
> > >----------
> > >From: Person, Roderick[SMTP:personrp@ccbh.com]
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:28 AM
> > >To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
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> > >Subject: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
> > >
> > >I just bought a 6.4GB but Linux only reads it as 6.0GB, which
> Kernal do I
> > >need to get the full access
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
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