Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!
Karl J Klug wrote:
> Look at the disk settings in your BIOS to see what C/H/S settings are
> being used. If you can figure out what disk you have you can get
> the real C/H/S settings from the manufacturers web site.
My BIOS won't tell me what C/H/S settings are being used, just size in MB,
but I caught the C/H/S settings from the boot kernel (1024/240/63).
However, I also found the data sheet for my hard drive, and although I'm not
sure how to decipher it, I'm pretty sure the boot kernel C/H/S settings were
incorrect. Here is the URL for the data sheet...
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/travel/14gsdata.htm
- d.
P.S. How do I specify C/H/S to the kernel? All my attemps yielded
something like "kernel not found at <C/H>" or other. Thanks in advance!
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