R: 10Gb drive - only 8Gb accessible

["Fabio Massimo Di Nitto" <fabbione@gusp.infogroup.it>]

I don't remember if Linux check your bios parameter to configure the disk.
if so try to update your m/b bios. harddisk greater than 8Gb are not always
recognised.

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
A: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Data: lunedì 26 aprile 1999 22.52
Oggetto: 10Gb drive - only 8Gb accessible


>I've just got a 10.2Gb IDE drive, but I cannot find an fdisk that allows
>more than 8Gb
>
>root@linda# sfdisk -s /dev/hdb
>10022040
>
>root@linda# sfdisk -l /dev/hdb
>
>Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1024 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
>
>1024 * 8225280 = 8.2Gb approx
>
>What can I do to get the full capacity of the disk recognised?
>