Re: R: 10Gb drive - only 8Gb accessible
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> I believe I can get round this by specifying a higher cylinder count than
> 1024; however, I also need a Windows 95 partition and I don't know how
> to get Windows to recognise any changes I may make in Linux. Windows
> also recognises only 8Gb, though the Large disk mini-HOWTO appears to
> suggest that it knows about >8Gb disks.
You can get around PART of the problem with a controller made by Promise
that handles >8MB in its BIOS. Not sure if Linux will work with it.
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