David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > > I recently installed a new Samsung 60 MB HD into a 1998 "vintage" Celeron > machine as /dev/hdb. The BIOS reports the drive as 30 MB. > > I thought that Debian would see the whole drive, but dmesg and fdisk only > report about 30 or 32 GB. > > I then booted Knoppix, and it sees the whole 60 MB. Here is what fdisk on > Knoppix reports: > > What have I done wrong? > Then Christoph Walther came to rescue with the following idea: Here's an idea that worked for me. Keep the harddisk jumpered to use the _full_ capacity, e.g. 60GB, use a 2.4.20-Kernel, and make sure the CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE kernel parameter is set to yes. (You can check the setting with "grep CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE /boot/config-insert_version_here") .config # # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices # CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE=y edited by make menuconfig. That means, to activate in the kernel the resize-function for big IDE-Harddisks. Compile the Kernel and restart your system. Forget screwdrivers, BIOS-Updates, ATA100-Cards or a new Motherboards and , at last, avoid the fit of rage.... That's the easiest and the most intelligent way to get the full harddisk-capacity! I tried it successfully on my old (1997) Pentium I, 166MMX-System with a Western Digital 60GB-Harddisk on Debian 3.0r1 ! ___ Final Note: I recomplied the kernel and it worked like a charm. Thanks! -- David Raeker-Jordan mailto:david@raeker-jordan.net GnuPG key: 1024D/CD956608
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