Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!
Karl J Klug wrote:
> Hmmmmm....I don't know.... Can you pass the geometry to the kernel? If
> the boot messages show the correct C/H/S geometry, then the problem is
> with cfdisk, I guess. There's probably a way to force fdisk to use a
> particular geometry, but I've never tried it. Try looking at all the
> screens when you run it -- mabye there's an "expert" mode?
I can pass the geometry to the kernel 'til the cows come home 'cause 2.0.x
won't see higher than 8.4GB. The Linux boot messages _don't_ show the
correct C/H/S geometry, the FreeBSD boot messages did. I could try forcing
it, but I'll have to think that one through first.
> Can you partition the disk with FreeBSD, then install Linux?
Hrm, never thought of that. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
> I've never used FreeBSD -- What do you think of it?
Well, I'm not about to start a BSD vs. Linux flame war on an already noisy
list, so I'll send you this part of my reply in private. Thanks!
- d.
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